Devastation in Iowa City Tonight

"john smith" wrote

I toured Xenia in 1974.
Reminiscent of a bombed out town from WWII.

I saw the town after they had cleared away all of the destruction.

It was strange to see blocks and blocks totally cleared of all structures,
in a path all of the way through town. Simply impossible to comprehend.
--
Jim in NC

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
Wow...glad you guys are ok Jay. Thanks for posting the details. I
can't imagine what it must have been like...or is like at the moment
with the cleanup and folks sorting life out.

The Governor has now declared a State of Emergency for Johnson County,
which was actually hit by FIVE tornadoes, two of which hit Iowa City,
according to the newspaper...

To see a bunch of pics, go to
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage and click on P-C
and user photo galleries.

It's a humbling experience to see neighborhoods that look like they
were bombed...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"




Cool ad...Green Castle Aero Club! http://www.greencastle-aeroclub.com/

Cool ad...Green Castle Aero Club! http://www.greencastle-aeroclub.com/

This wonderful little airstrip/club was covered in AOPA Pilot last
year. It truly is "God's Own Aeroclub", and I regret that we live too
far away from it for us to join.

We put a bid in on the only on-field house at Green Castle last year,
but got out-bid.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Where is the hotel on that map?



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
Wow, you almost became a VFR-into-IMC casualty without even using an
aircraft. I'm glad everyone is ok!

Thanks, Gary. In fact, the tornado was closer to me than I thought it
was.

See this graphic:

http://web-server1.daily-iowan.uiowa...s/nadomapo.jpg

Blow it up to full-size (if it's not already), and check out Muscatine
Avenue on the right side of the map. That's where I was sitting, under
a gas station canopy, when the tornado came through.

Dang. It really *was* towering over me...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

(".Blueskies." wrote)
Where is the hotel on that map?


Approx. 500-ft AGL on an eastward heading.


Montblack

Several vendors on Ebay sell them.

Karl
HP-55

"john smith" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"RST Engineering" wrote:


Nah. the problem with manuals is they're never done. It's rev this
and rev that until you're ready to puke. I did one on an HP
calculator once that I thought I'd never get done with.

That wasn't by some wild chance the HP-35, was it? I can kick myself six
ways from Sunday for tossing mine when the batteries went dead after
fifteen
years.

I still have mine. Recommendations for replacement batteries?

Here's one for $12
http://tinyurl.com/oavyq
Karl

"john smith" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"RST Engineering" wrote:


Nah. the problem with manuals is they're never done. It's rev this
and rev that until you're ready to puke. I did one on an HP
calculator once that I thought I'd never get done with.

That wasn't by some wild chance the HP-35, was it? I can kick myself six
ways from Sunday for tossing mine when the batteries went dead after
fifteen
years.

I still have mine. Recommendations for replacement batteries?

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Cool ad...Green Castle Aero Club! http://www.greencastle-aeroclub.com/

This wonderful little airstrip/club was covered in AOPA Pilot last
year. It truly is "God's Own Aeroclub", and I regret that we live too
far away from it for us to join.

We put a bid in on the only on-field house at Green Castle last year,
but got out-bid.


It's only 15 miles from the Alexis Park Inn - most of that (70 mph) freeway.
Is a max distance clause a by-law for the club?

http://www.greencastle-aeroclub.com/location.htm
Is the house in this picture? Bummer on the out-bid!!!

Becca when she's older:
"So, were you an Air Force brat?"
"Kind of."

http://www.airnav.com/airport/IA24
AirNav


Montblack

In article ,
".Blueskies." wrote:

Where is the hotel on that map?

Cowering behind the upper-right corner of the CLOSED sign
in the Dairy Queen picture inset (approximately).

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:1145128952.466242.142470
@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Wow, you almost became a VFR-into-IMC casualty without even using an
aircraft. I'm glad everyone is ok!

Thanks, Gary. In fact, the tornado was closer to me than I thought it
was.

See this graphic:

http://web-server1.daily-iowan.uiowa...s/nadomapo.jpg

My first thought upon seeing this graphic was, "Is that all
the bigger Iowa City is? It's just a little town!!!"

I guess I'm used to living in the LA area where I can drive
for hours and tens of miles and never 'leave' the city.

Brian
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