<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff"> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004>Happily, there was little damage = from this twister. It touched down briefly near a trailer court of all things!?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004>(David Letterman's TOP-TEN things = you don't hear very often: "Oh look, that tornado is going "around" the trailer park!")</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004>Sadly, I never got to "see" the = twister (it wasn't during my spare minute), but the great photos (and more) were = taken by one of our alert staff members. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004>Of course, if I'd know what was = going on out the window, the hammer-line I was setting could've waited! </SPAN><SPAN class=060051415-16062004>Guess I'm stuck = watching re-runs of "Storm-Chaser" on TLC.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=060051415-16062004>Mark C. </SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>McNeilTom@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: out my office window<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <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 of a tornado.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In Vermont we very seldom get that kind of weather.  = However, a couple years ago I was in a miniature twister while fishing on the = Winooski River here.  I heard a big commotion in the woods across = the river then 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 = dangerous - 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 equally entertained and unscathed!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Handwriting" size=5 PTSIZE="16" = FAMILY="SCRIPT"></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Handwriting" = size=3 PTSIZE="11" FAMILY="SCRIPT">- Tom McNeil -</FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Handwriting" size=5 PTSIZE="16" = FAMILY="SCRIPT"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar color=#008080 size=5 PTSIZE="16" FAMILY="SERIF">V</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar = color=#008080 size=4 PTSIZE="14" FAMILY="SERIF">ermont </FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Castellar color=#008080 size=5 PTSIZE="16" FAMILY="SERIF">P</FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Castellar color=#008080 size=4 PTSIZE="14" = FAMILY="SERIF">iano </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar color=#008080 size=5 = PTSIZE="16" FAMILY="SERIF">R</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Castellar = color=#008080 size=4 PTSIZE="14" = FAMILY="SERIF">estorations</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>