Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tornado pictures
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 15:37:12 -0300

Eric:

Looks like you put your 19mm to use.  Great for getting the big picture.
Speaking of big pictures, you pictures take a long time to load.  I checked
their size, and at 63k for the first one, the problem must be your ISP is
slow.

Regards,

Robert

At 10:54 AM 4/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>If you want to see pictures I took of a tornado's aftermath, go to my web 
>page (URL below).
>
>I was at Lake Contrary school at the time it happened. I was going out to 
>the car and didn't have my coat on. So I waited for a break in the rain. 
>And as I was running out to the car, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, the 
>wind blew so hard it knocked my hat off and almost knocked me down. I had 
>no idea it was a tornado at that moment about 5 miles to the west that 
>threw a small pickup into the path of a dump truck, then went up north to 
>damage farms, power lines, trees, etc.
>
>Anyway, I didn't hear about the tornado 'til later, but I got up to it in
time.
>
>I got a bunch of pictures, but the paper didn't have space for more than 
>two (first two pictures on my opening page). I have lots more, and I'll try 
>to scan some more in later.
>
>And for Ted Grant: See? I've been out using my Leicas. :-)
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?
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