[Coastal] Fwd: [Redtape] NORTH SEA RAIDS CANCELED!!! PASS IT ON!

[lisabetta]

At Thursday, 12 February 2004, Paul Gilbert <niklas at pbgilbert.net> 
wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>A short time ago, I spoke with Sir Kief and he along with a consensus 
of 
>the officers of the Barony, the B&B and staff of the event and with 
MUCH 
>regret and agonizing over whether or not to hold the event, have 
made the 
>decision to CANCEL North Sea Raids for this weekend due to weather 
and site 
>related issues.
>
>The National Weather Service is calling for temps very cold on Friday 
and 
>Friday evening with rain, possible sleet or snow. Combined with 
wind chill 
>of in the 20's, that is pretty miserable.
>
>For Saturday, it does not get much better. The chance of rain drops,
but 
>there is still the chance of snow or sleet and the temp in the day 
goes to 
>the 40s, but still near freezing at night.
>
>Combine all this with the inches or more rain we have received over 
the 
>past several days that has made the site very wet and muddy and 
it makes 
>for a cold, muddy, wet mud feast with the tearing up of the site 
due to 
>cars, people and usage due to rain soaked grounds and mud.
>
>SOOOOOOOOOOOO...........
>
>NORTH SEA RAIDS IS CANCELED !!!!
>
>Please, contact everyone you can, know or see that the event is 
canceled.
>
>Plans to reschedule it will be discussed Monday night at the Baronial 
>Business meeting at the Rayford Road Community Center in Spring at 7pm.
>
>There are tentative plans to reschedule it pending a potential open 
date. 
>But, that will be discussed Monday night.
>
>We greatly !! regret that this has been done at such a short notice,
but it 
>is un-avoidable.
>
>Please send/post or copy this notice out far and wide so those that 
do not 
>have good connectivity will be informed and can act accordingly.
>
>Thank you for your work, it will not be in vain. We can use and 
will use it 
>for the re-scheduled event or for Crown Tourney in May.
>
>See below Sir Kiefs message.
>
>Ansteorrian weather is so fickled and has won this battle, but not 
the war!
>
>In Service,
>
>HE Niklas Vasilevich
>Baron of Raven's Fort
>____________________________________________________________
>
>Heilsa fellow Ansteorrans...
>
>The bad news is that Raven's Fort must CANCEL North Sea Raids...
>
>The good news is that everyone can spend Valentine's Day with
>their loved ones in a more temperate environment...
>
>The forecast of temps in the low 40's during the day and at or
>below freezing during the night coupled with Wind, Rain, Freezing
>Rain, Sleet, and Snow on Friday and Saturday morning are too
>much. The site is also extremely muddy and the chances of
>hypothermia are all too real.
>
>Raven's Fort may well re-schedule this event...but it will be
>after Gulf War.
>
>We apologize to all those good Ansteorrans that have made plans
>to travel to our Barony...but we cannot beat the weather.
>
>Your good, but extremely disapointed and frustrated, neighbor...
>
>Kief - Steward of North Sea Raids
>
>------NOAA Forecast-------
>
>http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/TXZ177.php?zo=1&city=Walker+County
>
>Friday. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning
>then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s.
>North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
>
>Friday night. Cloudy with rain likely. Rain possibly mixing with
>sleet or snow late. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10
>mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
>
>Saturday. Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain possibly mixed with
>sleet or snow early morning. Then a slight chance of rain through
>the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
>Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
>
>Saturday night. Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
>cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
>
>---------end NOAA Forecast-----------
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Paul Gilbert,   KE5ZW                   H.E. Niklas Vasilevich,
>Huntsville, Texas                       Baron of The Barony Raven's 
Fort
>niklas at pbgilbert.net                    CSM, Crane, ORH, KGA , AoA
>936-291-9532 home                               Kingdom of Ansteorra
>936-714-3198 cellular                           Society for Creative 
>Anachronism
>                               AIM Name: KE5ZW
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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La signora Lisabetta Micola da Monte

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