My two cents worth,
When I was running the Denver region Solo program, long as we
had 100 ft of sight we ran. It was real fun when it snowed. You would think
most folks would stay home, Oh No not the die hard Auto-X'R. Safety is the
biggest concern but you can have a safe and FUN event. Rain events are just
plain wet rat runs, you just grin and bear it if you be chasin the points
leader. ;-)
Pat Collins
EP 33 Solo II / Sportsmen Drag Racing
Huntersville,NC
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Steckel [SMTP:lorenzoscribe@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:06 PM
To: jac73@daimlerchrysler.com; autox@autox.team.net
Cc: firstcard@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Emergency Weather
Over the years, I have run in many events in pouring rain. It's
uncomfortable, but doable. Lightning stops things quickly. You don't want to
fry a course worker.
We have had an event cancelled before it got started because the fog was so
thick at 11:00 A.M. we still couldn't see the other side of the parking lot.
It finally lifted at something like 3:00 P.M. And, one event was cancelled
after two runs due to a snow storm that was dumping on us in gigantic flakes
so big that they completely confused the timing lights.
Other than that, we will finish the event.
Larry Steckel
>From: jac73@daimlerchrysler.com
>Reply-To: jac73@daimlerchrysler.com
>To: autox@autox.team.net
>CC: firstcard@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: Emergency Weather
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:21:39 -0400
>
>On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:10:10 -0700, "Lawrence Lane" asked:
>
> >Interesting.... Is the event rescheduled or just cancelled?
>
><Description of stopping an event in the face of extreme weather snipped>
>
>Generally, major weather like that is a transient thing -- a storm, or a
>line of storms, will pop up, pass through, and vacate the area. This
>usually means we're "down" during the storm itself, but as soon as
>conditions improve enough to get things started again, we're back "up".
>Obviously, lots of water can do evil things to your event electronics
>(timer photohead wiring in particular), so making sure that your
>connections are water-resistant is a Good Thing, and it'll sometimes
>obliterate cone markings and certainly any course outlining. We'll refresh
>the cone markings, but usually not the chalk or flour course outline.
>
>(the results of the latter can be interesting -- at Detroit Region's season
>opener this year, we had a rain squall come through at the start of the 3rd
>heat. What we saw after that was quite telling -- you could really tell
>who had defined the course in their minds by the cones and who had just
>followed the white lines when they were walking. DNFs increased
>dramatically in the 4th heat even though we added a LOT of pointer cones in
>an effort to help the situation.)
>
>Think of it as a "rain delay" -- I can think of only a couple of events
>cancelled entirely by extreme weather -- the Sunday activity at the Lubbock
>ProSolo this year, for example -- as opposed to delayed for 30 minutes to
>an hour or so.
>
>Jim Crider
>autojim@att.net
>
>
>
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