"Cub Driver" wrote:
"I told center I couldn't turn back... that I was going
to pull the chute."

Taking this with a grain of salt because of the source, I wonder if the
pilot might have been over hasty. Why not ask ATC where the nearest VFR
weather was and go there? If he didn't have the fuel to get there, then
ok, pull the 'chute.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM