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Posted by Mike (WA) on March 14, 2005 at 08:23:57 from (209.213.153.111):
In Reply to: Re: Old Guy Needs Info posted by txblu on March 14, 2005 at 06:45:22:
Got into one of those "hair standing on end" deals when on National Guard maneuvers in Yakima Firing Center in the early 70's. Yakima Firing Center is a charming piece of desert about 30 miles square (900 square miles) in central Washington. The tank I was riding in had a blue halo glowing off the end of the radio antenna- The CO circled the wagons, told everybody to get off the machinery, and don't touch the antenna or you'll get off much faster than you planned. I took my little cot into a swale, far enough down not to be the high point, but up from the bottom enough to hopefully clear the flash flood. Nothing happened, and gradually we got back to where we could "do something" with our hair.
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