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Monday, June 23, 2008
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Big Kahuna 26
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Ontario, Canada.
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LanTerra Update > Well it was only a matter of time. Everybody else in the province has had a kick at this cat so I guess it was my turn this time.
My wife and I headed out the Air Show at CFB Borden. We went to see the Snowbirds and a couple of CF18 hornets zoom about the sky. The Borden Air Base is only about 7 miles due west of my home. On Saturday we could see the planes darting about the sky from our backyard deck. Pretty cool eh! Lets go see them on Sunday. OK then.
We arrive at the base and get a very detailed car search by an MP from New Brunswick and then head out to the runway and tarmac. Overhead the skies were filled with developing boomers. We watched the show and I quickly became distracted from the clouds by the CF 18 racing by us first silently then at 600 miles an hour. Then the horrific sound appeared. But not just one there were two. Those organizing storm clouds began to concentrate and suddenly lightning was off to the east of us but fairly close by. I hate to miss a good storm! But the jets screaming about were a bigger priority anyways. On the bucket list Snowbirds and CF18 jets rank higher than a mere thunderstorm.
I began to wonder about the hail though. I watched those clouds and even saw some brief rotating formations too. I was sure that my plants could be safe. Well I was wrong. We got home at 6pm and found my plants had survived hail that appeared to be nearly golf ball in size. They are now pocked marked with several holes in each leaf.
OMG the jets were fun to see but I think HAIL ranks higher on the bucket list and I missed it. The plants will live.
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