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Arkansas storm damage
« on: April 04, 2008, 10:59:28 PM »
Last night, we had some twisters roll through our neighborhood, and quite a few houses were thrashed.
Honestly, I didn't even think about the airport until this morning, when I went to pick up my Blazer, which was
finally roadworthy again.

On the way home, I went to the airport to see how well it had weathered the storm.

In a nutshell, not well. Of all the airplanes on the ramp, there was one that escaped damage: a funky old Tomahawk. Go figure.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17154927@N00/sets/72157594583138254/

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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 04:41:48 AM »
Last night, we had some twisters roll through our neighborhood, and quite a few houses were thrashed.
Honestly, I didn't even think about the airport until this morning, when I went to pick up my Blazer, which was
finally roadworthy again.

On the way home, I went to the airport to see how well it had weathered the storm.

In a nutshell, not well. Of all the airplanes on the ramp, there was one that escaped damage: a funky old Tomahawk. Go figure.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17154927@N00/sets/72157594583138254/
 

Woah  :o

Our Long Ranger is in Mt. Ida right now. I guess it's still safe there since nobody called me in a panic.....
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 04:45:31 AM »
Woah  :o
Our Long Ranger is in Mt. Ida right now. I guess it's still safe there since nobody called me in a panic.....

Yeah Mike---I was meaning to call ya.. ::whistle:: ::whistle:: Can you imagine how that phone call would go.. ::silly::
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2008, 11:44:19 PM »
Yeah, it's still there... it just isn't as... long... as it was.
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2008, 01:02:02 AM »
Yeah, it's still there... it just isn't as... long... as it was.
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2008, 03:39:42 AM »
Yeah, saw a small blurb about that on the weather channel. What a drag.
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2008, 12:56:59 PM »
Carnage...  :'( My bro-in-law lives right near there. He said it was a pretty hectic time... I think the twister was about a mile from his house. I've flown into that airport seveal times. Glad I didn't happen to be there when this happened  ;)
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2008, 11:49:08 PM »
HA HA ! Good one Velo!

I smell a "chicken strip" in that response . . .   ;)
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Re: Arkansas storm damage
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2008, 12:59:45 AM »
HA HA ! Good one Velo!

I smell a "chicken strip" in that response . . .   ;)

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