Dave VanHorn wrote:

>At 05:43 PM 9/24/2004, Bob J wrote:
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>>Nate you are very lucky, I had some friends (one was a CFII) who were
>>killed in a Piper Warrior while in the vicinity of a thunderstorm,
>>cruising at 2000ft.  The NTSB report was rather vague, but it cited
>>the likely cause as a microburst.
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>People don't really appreciate the force of these things. 
>During my Skywarn watches, I've been on the receiving end of them, which is one reason I drive an SUV.  The extra weight helps a lot. 
>The winds are quite impressive, I've seen figures of >100MPH, and they can be accompanied by large hail and torrential rain.
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I haven't done any Skywarn stuff in years...  my schedule doesn't line 
up with sitting out on the plains watching thunderstorms in the 
afternoon anymore.  Kinda miss it. 

I didn't know you were a ham Dave.  Cool stuff.  WY0X here.

>I saw a grocery store that was destroyed by a downburst. The DB blew in one of the roll up doors, inflated the building, and blew out one of the exterior walls, collapsing that part of the building.
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That must have been impressive to watch. 

Nate
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