01-21-2010, 12:38 PM
Herc Driver Wrote:HA! The C130 is a beast, it can do a lot, but it doesn't swim well.
What kind of crazy experience that must have been Sumpter250! How'd you swim through that?
Actually not as crazy as it appears to be. Yes there were much larger than normal waves on the bay, but not quite "ocean surf", and I learned to swim in the ocean surf on the south shore of Long island.
The "clear skies" you heard about from the "hunters", are very much that! The eye of a Hurricane is one of the most remarkable places I have ever been to. Clear, quiet, the very light is different because all the particulate pollution is gone from the air. Colors are stronger, shadows are sharper, stars can be seen in bright sunlight. Just one very cool place!
How'd I swim through that?......side stroke, back stroke, breast stroke, etc.
Yes, crazy experience, but one I don't think I'll ever forget, and one that may never have an equal..............and one I'm not sure I want to repeat.......yet.
It is interesting to see the reactions I get when I say I've been swimming in the eye of a category three Hurricane.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!