Date:         Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:21:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Jon Joyce <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jon Joyce <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Camping for the Bethany, OK show
Comments: To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
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Stan-

I was thinking exactly the same thing as the storm rolled in about 8pm on
Saturday. We got some pretty stiff wind, a LOT of rain and a little hail to
boot. So it worked out for the best. Sorry you and Andy couldn't make it;
there were several Vanagon Westys present, although mine was the only
standard transporter in attendance. It was a beautiful afternoon, and there
were plenty of cars and buses to look at, so we had a good time. Again,
sorry you couldn't make it, and keep me posted regarding other events in the
general vicinity. Take care-

JJ


>I am one happy camper that I didn't attend the Bethany show.
>Torrential rains and winds gusting 70 mph blasted through Dallas at about
>10:30 Saturday night.
>I sat watching the same thunderstorm on the weather channel as it was
>passing through OK City and the North / South thunderstorm line.
>I survived a Tornado sitting in the Ramada in right near the Bethany road
>off 39th Expressway (old Rt.
>66). The same Tornado pretty much leveled Mustang OK about 30 miles West
>of OK City.
>The following month I survived another Tornado on July 11th, 1969 in
>Lubbock Texas that took the top floor (I mean the top floor not just the
>roof) off the Ramada Inn I was staying in.
>I've only had about three occasions in my Westy that I had to drop the
>Pop-Top because of heavy winds and rains but it sure sounds like last
>nights storms in OK City area would have been another one.
>I'm hoping to make some other VW events within 300 mile radius of Dallas
>TX but I don't regret missing the Bethany show since I'd have been
>spending the night nearby.
>
>Stan Wilder
>83 Air Cooled Westfalia


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