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Re: Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected?
By:JohnK
Date: 1/9/2011, 5:09 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected? (Bill Hamm)

: Luckily the odds of getting hit by one are extremely remote. Not
: sure there is much you can do if it happens, while it's not
: quite as powerful (usually) as the land based variety, it's
: plenty powerful enough to get you in serious trouble. The idea
: of holding onto the boat/paddle is just silly. Staying alive is
: the idea.

: Bill H.

I'm with Bill here.
If you ever get hit by one of them its hang on, hope and pray, because whatever you do is useless.
You are the puppet and its pulling the strings.
I've been in some vicious squalls where I had no control over what happened.
Imagine one of these.
JohnK

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Other: Are you prepared for the unexpected? *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/7/2011, 4:36 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/7/2011, 5:03 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 1/7/2011, 6:47 pm
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Todd O -- 1/7/2011, 5:16 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/7/2011, 5:44 pm
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John Roberts -- 1/7/2011, 6:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2011, 12:48 am
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JohnK -- 1/9/2011, 5:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 12:30 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/10/2011, 2:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 4:19 am
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Matthew Bastian -- 1/11/2011, 4:05 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/17/2011, 12:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2011, 2:10 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/17/2011, 2:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2011, 3:44 pm