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Subject: RE: TWL: Strange things from the sky.
From: Kevin Redden (kfredden@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 23:42:01 EST
But Sandy - you didn't tell us how many cows the camper was carrying!
Kevin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-trawler-world-list@XXX.XXX
> [mailto:owner-trawler-world-list@XXX.XXX]On Behalf Of Sandy Floe
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 11:11 PM
> To: trawler-world-list@XXX.XXX
> Subject: Re: TWL: Strange things from the sky.
>
>
> Bob Austin asked:
> > Any other stories of "unusual" things coming out of the deep or from
> > the sky?
>
> Yep. March 1997. Tacoma, WA. We were almost killed and our
> trawler completely demolished by a pickup camper. Really! Now
> how the heck could that have happened? "Aw....That's impossible!"
>
> Now the rest of the story. Early one morning we decided to go to
> Gig Harbor for fuel. A weather check revealed that high winds were
> expected to hit Puget Sound about 6pm that day. Plenty of time to
> run for fuel and return we thought. After fuelling and just as we
> were leaving the fuel dock, the winds hit. But it's only 11 AM!
>
> Well the trees were bent over at their maximum angle as we
> entered the Tacoma Narrows. Full blown storm......instantly. We
> were running up the narrows and the water was being whipped into
> streaked foam with the wave height increasing rapidly. Dawna
> wanted to go below to escape the tempest but I was concerned
> that she'd be blown overboard and refused to let her go. So we ran
> on with our heads just peeking over the wind screen.
>
> As we approached the Narrows Bridge, a large suspension bridge,
> the full fury of the storm hit. It blew even harder!
>
> Then we caught a glimpse of something BIG falling through the air
> at us. With no time to even see clearly what it was, the object
> struck the water alongside us and disintegrated! Pieces of
> plywood, metal,and all kinds of things were blown end over end
> across the water without having time to sink. It was a camper that
> had been blown off a pickup which was travelling across the bridge
> several hundred feet above and ahead of us.
>
> If it had struck us we wouldn't have had to worry about explaining
> the damage to our insurance agent.
>
> Sandy and Dawna Floe
> Sea Eagle
> Day Island, WA
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