Hi Everyone,
The mighty Midget is a little closer to home tonight resting in Wyoming.
Reid and Mark report the car is running great and today's drive was pretty
uneventful...if you consider driving through a tornado watch area and
crossing 3 states for a total of 725 miles uneventful.
The guys left Iowa this morning with the top down, weather hot and clear.
The radio kept reporting tornado watches for the area they were heading but
there were no clouds or indications of bad weather. By the time they
reached Nebraska they noticed some clouds but no big deal. They pulled over
to put the top up and Reid reports within a few minutes of returning to the
Highway the sky turned very dark and the first hail stone struck. A few
more minutes passed and the sky let loose with a thick curtain of hail, the
radio squaked out the tornado watch and it turns out they were within a 200
mile window of that area.
Mark tells me he was trying to gaze through the hail curtain looking for
signs of Dorothy, Toto or an overpass to park under just in case.
Fortunately this passed quickly and it appears they were just on the edge
of the storm front.
Mark says he feels safer now the dangerous weather is behind them and is
looking forward to getting to the San Francisco bay area this Thursday. I
agreed, I'll take living in an area with 13 major geographical faults with
the potential for an 8.5 earthquake any day over the the possibility of
hail damage to a beloved sports car.
Target state for tomorrow is Nevada. (Remember guys, the casinos don't take
trade-ins or bottle caps).
Until tomorrow night, keep it safe.
Greg
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