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Old 04-30-2002, 02:33 PM   #3
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Quote:
Originally posted by Griff
...the mixed feelings of guilt at being so attracted to a destructive power, like this thunderstorm. "God help me, I do love it so."
There's a bunch of weather weenies in ham radio, especially those involved in Skywarn, that would consider this photo delightfully pornographic. Some of the really hard-core folks go stormchaing in vans crammed to the gills with weather instruments, comms gear, and camcorders.

One of the local gals has a quote in her .sig on the Skywarn list "Feast on a smorgasbord of atmosphereic violence.". :-)

I kind of enjoy violent weather myself...as long as I'm not flying a light plane at the time. Like this one:
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