: They don't paddle kayaks or canoes, but I thought some of you might want to
: know about what happened to this rowing club yesterday. It was destroyed
: by a rare tornado (the last one to hit Vancouver, WA was 36 years ago).
: Luckily, no one was there when it hit. An adult group had just finished
: and the high school session was not scheduled to start for another 2
: hours.

: Here is a link to a newspaper story about the storm. It tells how this club
: was started from nearly nothing 6 years ago. Two of our sons have
: participated in the past and a neighbor of ours has competed nationally.

:
: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1200027305193770.xml&coll=7

: Here is a link to some photos

: http://home.comcast.net/~tcfisher79/vlctornadodamage.html

: Here is a link to the club's home page

: http://www.vancouverlakecrew.com/

: Steve

Bad year for rowing/paddle sports and tornados, had one this summer that completely destroyed the only really good whitewater place in Wisconsin too.

We just had a tornado last week too, passed a couple miles north of me, in January no less.

Bill H.