[Steppes] Re: Weather at Steppes

[averial jackson]

Your Majasties,

The tales you heard were exerated just a touch.  I would rather not discuss
this on the list but would be happy to tell the tales any time you would
like to here them.


In Service,
Averial Thorhalla
Co-Autocrat/Site Steward


>From: "portofun" <portofun at ticnet.com>
>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>Subject: [Steppes] Re: Weather at Steppes
>Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:14:00 -0500
>
>Unfortunately, security problems at that site increase every year. Every
>year we get mundanes cruising the site.  Sometimes they are polite and
>sometimes they are not.  During one Rosenfeld event at Canton, a large
>group
>of motorcyclists cruised the camps - several times.  They were just
>interested, but the roar of 25 Harleys does somewhat to ruin a period
>atmosphere.  Last year (or year before last), a mundane drove through camp
>throwing water balloons at us.  This time, on  Thursday, a mundane,
>supposedly an employee of First Monday, was poking around site trying to
>drum up business by getting paid to set up people's tents.  Later he and a
>friend, both of which were drunk, drove sporadically throughout the camp,
>revving their truck engine, and eventually ran into one of the fences.    I
>don't think it will be long before some drunk yokel ends up running over
>one
>of us at night.  Belligerent drunks we can deal with, belligerent drunks in
>2000 lb trucks, or with guns, we cannot.  The locals see how many people we
>get every year.  Troll gate would be easier and more lucrative to rob than
>a
>7-11.
>
>Conal, R.
>
>Russell Kinder writes:
>
>>It may, in fact, be easier to change the site than to change the month.
>>
>>With all of Ansteorra's event schedule filled up, a lot of people have
>>to switch their events around for this to happen.
>>
>>Guillaume de Troyes
>>
>>On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 02:01  PM, David Ruff wrote:
>>
>>>Just on a want to know.....
>>>
>>>
>>>I came to warlord for the first time last year. i was
>>>there this year in the rain.
>>>
>>>How often does it rain like that?, how many events
>>>(warlords) have been washed out or threatened with
>>>weather?
>>>
>>>
>>>Perhaps, instead of changing a otherwise comfortable
>>>site - maybe a change in months could be looked at?
>>>may is known for some pretty fun weather. As a hang
>>>glider pilot - i don't even concider flying in may do
>>>to the really funky weather patterns and air aloaft
>>>doing some serious churning.
>>>
>>>To change a site takes ALOT - to change a month
>>>requires some meetings, planning and a pen. Only a
>>>suggestion...
>>>
>>>
>>>Ulrich
>>>
>>
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