OT: Wind ** Was Educational Standards ** NAHA

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Howdy Jessica,

 

> Butch wrote:

> Good it is .. and I feel the same way. But its like peeing in the wind.

>

> This is a PERFECT analogy on this day of wind-downed powerlines in central

> North Carolina!

>

Heard tell I did that D.C. had a lotta snow today the weather was otherwise

calm. No wind at all since Congress was closed.

 

 

> Though, due to prior wind experience...I'd like to put it in terms of

> Cheyenne, Wyoming wind where I've heard a retired UnionPacific employee tell

> of a wind-derailed train he had to take the breakdown train to. My personal

> experience while living there was a semi on it's side on the shoulder of the

> interstate and geese that could not take off more than a few feet before

> being tumbled backwards (different days btw).

>

Reminds me of one day duck hunting this year in Dover Bottoms .. alongside

the Tennessee River. I live in (Patrick) Henry County but we were hunting

in (J.E.B.) Stuart County, TN. Wind gusts were 35-40 MPH coming outta

the WSW. Ducks were flying against the wind and we were adjusting fire

till we were shooting at least four school busses behind the ducks but we

were still mssing. Finally I decided to aim over into Henry County and by

the time the shot blew back into Stuart County it brought down the ducks

that were standing still in mid air. I BS you not. ;-)

 

Now just to make sure somebody doesn't try to cap this tale .. lemme tell

you about the new World Record White Tail Deer. I'd like to include a

photo of the deer but the list doesn't allow attachments.

 

It was taken the last day of the 2010 season in Henry County, Tennessee on

my cousin's farm. It will score 2,603-1/8 points by Boone & Crockett

standards. It was shot at 780 yards with a .22 caliber short on a windy

day .. 50-60 MPH gusts .. around a curve. In two weeks prior to this

harvest, that Deer had killed a Brahma bull, three hunters, one game warden,

two Land Rovers, three Baptists and six Jehovah's Witnesses. The feller

said the Deer was in the process of winning a fight with Big Foot

when he bagged it.

 

Snopes says they will soon have an entry verifying the authenticity of this

story.

 

> Always enjoy hearing from you Butch!!

> Jessica, NC

>

Thankee ma'am .. appreciated. :-) Butch