| That was some storm.... [message #163994] |
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Matt Colie
Messages: 8547
Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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We bought gas in Terre Heute and changed drivers.
We had watching the storm both in the sky and on radar but just out of Terre Heute, it caught us. When I say it caught us I mean like a cat catching a mouse by the tail.
Rain and wind all at once - Bang! Not just a little wind. Bare trees were bent 90!! The coach shock violently. The rain made visibility a problem, so I backed down. I had to decide which lane I wanted each end in.... The coach had an attack angle of about 15~20°. So, if my end was in the lane, the back was half in the lane to the right. Kind of like doing a crosswind landing, but I couldn't get the upwind wing down.
I got a little respite when we went into a valley. At the top of the hill was a row of lights - either an exit or a rest area - Good, I wanted OFF The Road Now... Mary shouted (she had to so I could hear her over the rain and wind noise) that there was a rest area ahead and I replied in the same manner that it was my every intention to get there.
We rolled in and hid between a larger coach and a semi. Chaumiere was still shaking (so were we). The the hail came. Just a little short of marble size. We sat there until the radar assured us that most of the storm had passed.
Written in the quiet parking lot at Casino Queen in East St. Louis.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] That was some storm.... [message #163998 is a reply to message #163994] |
Fri, 23 March 2012 20:58  |
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Watch out for the bend in the road at the end of the bridge before getting
on I-44.
The storms have been awesome this spring --- and not pleasant. Glad you
are safe.
We had time to stop by Colaw before getting in here tonight at 6:30. We
left east of Rolla about 10 AM CDT. Be sure to have $8 on hand for the
tolls in Oklahoma. Of course, you get change back when you get off at
Chandler. Now, I just hope the toll worker regards the GMC as not being a
commercial truck.
By the way, you'll find that fuel is cheaper in Missouri than Illinois and
Indiana.
Byron
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Colie <matt7323tze@gmail.com>
Organization: GMCnet
Reply-To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:19:41 -0500
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Subject: [GMCnet] That was some storm....
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>We bought gas in Terre Heute and changed drivers.
>We had watching the storm both in the sky and on radar but just out of
>Terre Heute, it caught us. When I say it caught us I mean like a cat
>catching a mouse by the tail.
>
>Rain and wind all at once - Bang! Not just a little wind. Bare trees
>were bent 90!! The coach shock violently. The rain made visibility a
>problem, so I backed down. I had to decide which lane I wanted each end
>in.... The coach had an attack angle of about 15~20°. So, if my end was
>in the lane, the back was half in the lane to the right. Kind of like
>doing a crosswind landing, but I couldn't get the upwind wing down.
>
>I got a little respite when we went into a valley. At the top of the
>hill was a row of lights - either an exit or a rest area - Good, I wanted
>OFF The Road Now... Mary shouted (she had to so I could hear her over
>the rain and wind noise) that there was a rest area ahead and I replied
>in the same manner that it was my every intention to get there.
>
>We rolled in and hid between a larger coach and a semi. Chaumiere was
>still shaking (so were we). The the hail came. Just a little short of
>marble size. We sat there until the radar assured us that most of the
>storm had passed.
>
>Written in the quiet parking lot at Casino Queen in East St. Louis.
>
>Matt
>--
>Matt & Mary Colie
>'73 Glacier 23 Chaumière (say show-me-air) Just about as stock as you
>will find
>SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: That was some storm.... [message #164005 is a reply to message #163994] |
Fri, 23 March 2012 22:17 |
Bob de Kruyff
Messages: 4260
Registered: January 2004
Location: Chandler, AZ
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| Matt Colie wrote on Fri, 23 March 2012 19:19 |
We bought gas in Terre Heute and changed drivers.
We had watching the storm both in the sky and on radar but just out of Terre Heute, it caught us. When I say it caught us I mean like a cat catching a mouse by the tail.
Rain and wind all at once - Bang! Not just a little wind. Bare trees were bent 90!! The coach shock violently. The rain made visibility a problem, so I backed down. I had to decide which lane I wanted each end in.... The coach had an attack angle of about 15~20°. So, if my end was in the lane, the back was half in the lane to the right. Kind of like doing a crosswind landing, but I couldn't get the upwind wing down.
I got a little respite when we went into a valley. At the top of the hill was a row of lights - either an exit or a rest area - Good, I wanted OFF The Road Now... Mary shouted (she had to so I could hear her over the rain and wind noise) that there was a rest area ahead and I replied in the same manner that it was my every intention to get there.
We rolled in and hid between a larger coach and a semi. Chaumiere was still shaking (so were we). The the hail came. Just a little short of marble size. We sat there until the radar assured us that most of the storm had passed.
Written in the quiet parking lot at Casino Queen in East St. Louis.
Matt
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Matt--I have to say it really sounds exciting sitting here, but you probably had a different description while you were in it.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: That was some storm.... [message #164022 is a reply to message #163994] |
Sat, 24 March 2012 01:08 |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030
Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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I had to take Cyde to Purdue today for Chemo and did not get back home until after 2. After looking at the weather, we decided to sit this one out further north at home and leave tomorrow. I'll be down the road 1 day behind you.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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