OSH North 40 party

Jim Burns wrote:

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For anybody still headed to OSH, be sure to drop by Jay and Mary's campsite
and say howdy or leave them a note.

So, I take it all of the OSH campers survived what appeared to be pretty
strong t-storms at the beginning of the week?

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Peter
























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Lots of reports of soggy sleeping bags, wet tents, and water logged
supplies. 3 inches of rain fell at OSH, I had from 1.5 to 3.5, south of me
there was 5 to 7 inches. No reports of wind damage at OSH, by the time the
storm reached OSH, the winds had died down significantly, they were 75-80mph
as reported by the weather channel when it passed Eau Claire, WI. When it
passed us, winds were down to 30mph, and I heard they weren't that strong at
OSH. Lots of lightning with the storm.
Jim

Well, almost no damage....

There was an Ercoupe in the display area between the back of Display Hangar
"C" and the Fly Market that had a canopy fall on it and smash in the back
window frame pretty bad.

We flew in on Saturday in a Baron; the nose baggage compartment was pretty
soaked after the rain. Nothing ruined, but alot of dry-out required.

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
Lots of reports of soggy sleeping bags, wet tents, and water logged
supplies. 3 inches of rain fell at OSH, I had from 1.5 to 3.5, south of
me
there was 5 to 7 inches. No reports of wind damage at OSH, by the time
the
storm reached OSH, the winds had died down significantly, they were
75-80mph
as reported by the weather channel when it passed Eau Claire, WI. When it
passed us, winds were down to 30mph, and I heard they weren't that strong
at
OSH. Lots of lightning with the storm.
Jim

There were a few tents with broken poles in the dumpsters!

There were quite a few 'campers' lamenting the cheap tents they
bought...

Our Mountain Hardware and our neighbor's Marmot tents held up very
well. We were upwind of the gaggle, but I was most concerned with
flying debris. It blew pretty damned hard along the west fenceline.

It seems EVERY year camping in the North 40 we go through one big
storm, and at least one day hot enough to melt flesh...

But it is all worth it! The sight of SpaceShipOne slung under White
Knight doing flybys on arrival got real emotional for me!

Sorry we couldn't stay for the party Wednesday night, but we did pay
our respects to Jay and Mary.

See you all at OSH '06!!!