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Re: camping at Mosport weather....

To: "Russ Moore" <rem@cbord.com>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: camping at Mosport weather....
From: "Tom Strange" <tstrange@new.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:55:18 -0500
Russ,
  Just erased my email &started over..... I was going to make a smart a**
comment about your weather observation, but just cant do it.... I just know
Murphys intercepting my emails ... ;>)...
Tom
PS.  I see the list is growing, but where are all the triumphs??????
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Moore" <rem@cbord.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: RE: camping at Mosport weather....


> Actually Mosport has been fantastic in terms of weather for the past 6 or
so
> years with one exception being two years ago when a cloudburst hit, then
the
> sun was back out to dry the track for the afternoon races. The insects are
> not a problem there, unlike Shannonville where the mosquettos have been
> known to breed unattended dogs while standing flat foot on the ground.
> A flannel shirt after dark is all I ever have used, during the day it's
> definately tee-shirt weather.
>
>
>
> Russ Moore
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Bill Babcock
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 12:15 PM
> To: 'N197TR4@cs.com'; tstrange@new.rr.com; rkramer3@austin.rr.com;
> fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: camping at Mosport weather....
>
>
> Sounds all too familiar. Think Alaska. You leave your base camp in with a
> fly rod and vest shorts, a t-shirt, and four gallons of deep woods Off!,
> and return in ten inches of show and a core temperature so low that your
> vision has closed down to a circle the size of a mailing tube. And I still
> go back every year.
>
> Bottom line--in Northern Latitudes, carry warm clothes if your destination
> is more than 300 yards away.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N197TR4@cs.com [mailto:N197TR4@cs.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 6:57 AM
> To: tstrange@new.rr.com; rkramer3@austin.rr.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: camping at Mosport weather....
>
>
> I once flew some guys into a remote area of Canada (Memorial Day weekend)
> It
> was 95 degrees when my fishing party touched down. We put up a primitive
> shelter and went fishing.
>
> Thirty hours later it was snowing, with low unflyable overcast. We and
> about
> 300 other fishing parties  remained shivering in place for about two more
> days than planned.
>
> The 'great unwashed' really stunk up a hotel room the night we got out of
> there
>
> I think I like racing better.
>
>
> > Good morning,
> >   The Toronto visitors bureau gave me this weather site...
> > http://www.wunderground.com/    ....
> > If you type in a city name, at the bottom of the "conditions" section,
> > you will find a line "historical" ... you can put in any date and get
> > the info for years past.  Enter a date, and you can forward to next or
> > previous day...
> >   Personally, I decided after looking at the last 5 or 6 years, to be
> > ready for anything from sunny and 70 to chilly, wind and rain ....
> >   Hope this site helps.
> > Tom

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