<VV> snow cars

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  >> > My Corvairs made it through a major earthquake with no issues.

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  This is a tribute to Ed Cole - what a genius to chaperon these vehicles to 
  withstand such calamities  ;-)

  Anymore scientific stats on tornadoes, hurricanes and/or floods? :)) 


  Tony I. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Pleau" <dpleau at wavecable.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> snow cars


> Frank, you don't know how wrong you are.  I was living 10 miles from Seth
> during the 89 World Series earthquake.  I went to the middle of the street
> to get away from falling stuff.  My 65 was parked along the curb.  It was
> using the whole travel of its suspension riding out the shaking coming down
> the street.  It was shaking enough, Debbie pulled over because she thought
> she had a couple flat tires in her J car and her mother was out walking and
> fell on her butt.  The Corvair got me to Debbie's house to pick her up and
> then to work to restart equipment.  After I got the equipment restarted, we
> found a restaurant that still had power and watched the TV coverage.  
> 
> My Corvairs made it through a major earthquake with no issues.
> 
> dp  
> 
> PS:  I now live 100 miles from Seth in the central valley where we have none
> of that cold white stuff that falls from the sky and we don't shake!!!
>