On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:23:29 -0500, "Danny Deger"
wrote:

I don't know his case, but when flying in the clouds with imbedded
thunderstoms, you can't see the storms. Without a radar on board, I prefer
to stay VMC if there are thunderstorms in the area.

That's what I was thinking.

Has anyone read this book?
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Checkride-Flight-Instructor-Taught/dp/0070224684/ref=sr_1_1/102-8529981-0193753?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186268573&sr=8-1

The author was vectored into an embedded thunderstorm, blowing the
door off of a Piper twin, which removed part of the tail.

Embedded t-storms do happen...