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08-24-2011, 08:24 PM
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It looks like over a dozen states along the east coast of the USA may soon experience hurricane force winds for the first time in decades. Lots of kiters along that stretch of coast, many without much exposure to intense tropical weather. High sustained winds are one thing if you have the right gear and experience, violent squalls common to these systems are quite another. What size kite do you rig for gusts from 10 to 50 kts.+ with the increase happening within seconds?
Answer, you don't, if you use your head. Skill really doesn't enter into things above a certain windspeed, raw and indifferent physics does. STAY AWAY FROM SQUALLS in short. http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...1109_5day.html Guys have died in this stretch of coast before in former tropical systems. Question is, will there be new volunteers this time around? Sure hope not but the choice is yours. .
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi Last edited by ricki; 08-25-2011 at 09:10 AM. 
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08-24-2012, 08:11 PM
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TS Isaac is heading towards Florida. The models current disagree on how strong and where at this point. With tropical storm winds extending outward over 180 miles it will easily impact the entire state one way or the other. There will be lots of squalls in the feeder bands and eye wall predicted to develop. Lots of opportunities to mess yourself up in short kiting. The next few days are a good time to stay off the water unless you have the right gear and good experience in similar conditions. Regardless of experience, stay the hell out of and well away from squalls. That means you'll need to look for large enough holes, a few hours worth, if there are any. There may not be. This was the case with TS Fay in 2008. More about the resulting accident and uproar at:
http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=7046  http://www.facebook.com/US.NOAA.Nati...caneCenter.gov In the meantime here's a look back at what we went through in 2004 in this magazine article. (ABOVE) .
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi Last edited by ricki; 11-19-2014 at 11:40 AM.
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10-07-2016, 04:01 AM
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As Hurricane Matthew moves north and folks in its wake reflect on its passage, this article came to mind. I had some bad image links and so added some more from that time. Some lost everything in Matthew, including the hundreds who lost their lives while others were hardly impacted at all. If you had a choice, which outcome would you choose? Pretty dumb query, but so is looking a "gift horse in the mouth." As they say, count your blessings, there are more hurricanes where these came from. Hopefully, no so many or particularly damaging ones either. Take care out there.
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi
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