[Lowfer] Survived the tornado

[Bill de Carle]

At 08:51 PM 8/22/2011, JB, VE3EAR wrote:
>Hello Lowfers,
>
>Some of you may have heard about the tornado which struck the town 
>of Goderich, Ontario on Sunday afternoon.
>The F3 twister passed within half a mile from my QTH and it was the 
>most terrifying few moments of my 60 years!
>I was very fortunate to have sustained no damage to my home and 
>antenna farm.  The town wasn't so lucky.

Saw the pictures on TV and wondered how you had fared.  Glad you 
weathered it OK.  Shows the value of an off-grid
system; must be damage to the local utilities, eh?  We have loads of 
new solar panel installations out this way.  No
damage here yesterday but it's only a matter of time.

Bill VE2IQ