<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>Hey, Mark!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cool photos!  I haven't seen anything like that since moving from = the Midwest years ago - and I've never known anyone who got such good pics o= f a tornado.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In Vermont we very seldom get that kind of weather.  However, a co= uple years ago I was in a miniature twister while fishing on the Winooski Ri= ver here.  I heard a big commotion in the woods across the river t= hen saw some branches getting broken from the trees.  The mini-twister = was headed directly for me and turned into a small waterspout as it crossed = the hundred-foot wide trout stream.  It seemed too small to be dangerou= s - and anyway, I was already in the "safest" spot, the river bottom.  = So I stood and watched in amazement as the thing lifted off my hat, which I = eventually found a hundred yards away!  I hope your twister left you eq= ually entertained and unscathed!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Handwriting" size=5 FAMILY="SCRIPT" P= TSIZE="16"></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#0000= 00 size=3 FAMILY="SCRIPT" PTSIZE="11">- Tom McNeil -</FONT><FONT lang= =0 face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000000 size=5 FAMILY="SCRIPT" = PTSIZE="16"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar color=#008080 siz= e=5 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="16">V</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar= color=#008080 size=4 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="14">ermont </FONT><FONT= lang=0 face=Castellar color=#008080 size=5 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE= ="16">P</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar color=#008080 size=4 FAM= ILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="14">iano </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar colo= r=#008080 size=5 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="16">R</FONT><FONT lang=0 f= ace=Castellar color=#008080 size=4 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="14">esto= rations</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>