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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jul 7, 2013
Description:
“DEVASTATION IN THE MIDWEST”
Every news channel was carrying images of the storms and tornados rampaging across the center of the country. Our plan to fly up the Mississippi River was being severely threatened.
“No worries,” I said. “We’ll get as far north up the river as we can then we’ll lay low until the system moves past.”
One lost day of flying under the storms seemed a small toll to pay for the pleasantly envisioned river flight path.
Date Taken:
Jul 7, 2013
Place Taken:
Petit Bois Island, MS
Owner:
Dan Nickens
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Category:
422, Summer SeaReying
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Dan Nickens - Jul 07,2013
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The routing to the Mississippi followed the Gulf Coast barrier islands. With storms to the north and a tropical depression to the south, the wind was streaking past us.<br /><br />My copilot was an avid fisherman. He had plied the Gulf waters far and wide from sea level.<br /><br />As we spotted the large black spots populating the near shore I offered the theory that they were just some dark kelp. The copilot laughed, “Only if kelp has teeth.”<br /><br />He then proceeded to tell me how fishermen avoid these waters because of the large shark population.<br /><br />A good copilot would have told me BEFORE we were miles and miles out into the shark infested Gulf.<br />
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Wind Streaking
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Dan Nickens - Jul 07,2013
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Any proper journey up the Mississippi River should begin at it southern end: South Pass. There was nothing ahead except for the Gulf and its depression.<br /><br />My copilot used to frequent a small port at South Pass. It was blown away when Katrina came ashore. The dockage was still under reconstruction when we passed by. It didn’t much matter. There wasn’t any SeaRey suitable dockage in sight.<br />
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Dan Nickens - Jul 07,2013
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The big brown river leaves its mark on the Gulf for miles and miles. It brings 500 million tons of mud to the Gulf every year (enough to extend the coast of Louisiana 300 meters). That’s enough to easily spot either by SeaRey or slightly higher orbiting Space Station.
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Dan Nickens - Jul 07,2013
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A stop for lunch was an opportunity to carefully consider the state of storms to the north. The satellite view was scary. Not far up the river the storms were advancing south and east. <br /><br />“Stop flying on a beautiful day?”<br /><br />No. It was time for a different plan. We agreed to continue around the Gulf until we got to Mexico.<br /><br />Out on the ramp a fish spotting plane was parked next to us. Several years ago it was grounded by a bird strike on its tail. Now it was grounded by the depression in the Gulf. Not us. We were ready to fly on.<br />
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Storm Watchers
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Dan Nickens - Jul 07,2013
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Life is precarious out on the edge of the delta. The water line is inches below the land. It doesn’t take much of a storm to cover the ground.
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Delta Life
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Dan Nickens - Jul 07,2013
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Acres and acres of purple flowers made for some beautiful ground clutter for our storm evasion track. With a good forecast we decided to stop for dinner and the evening in Morgan City, Louisiana. Knowing that the town hosts the ”Petroleum and Seafood Festival” certainly raises culinary expectations!
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