Re: [Philmont]: Philmont Weather report

I was there during two hails storms last week, on differnet days. There was
so much hail, the ground was white. The report of two feet was incorrect
though. It was about four feet deep. One of the campers actually fell into the
mess, and was treated for hyperthemia. It rained every day last week, for a
total of three inches during the week. There has been almost twenty inces of
rain this year, compared to less than ten last year. The sunflowers were about
seven feet tall in the North Ponil valley near anasazi and Indian Writings due
to the rain this summer. The burned areas are growing back nicely.

Chas. Clifton
Scoutmaster -Troop 11
Port Neches, Texas
Advisor 708G2001
I used to a Bobwhite...SR-357, and then a Staffer...SR-439, SR-613

Remember : We are in this program for the boys.......let them lead

In a message dated 7/28/2004 8:21:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
abthomson@comcast.net writes:

> The past two days at Philmont have been most unusual. In the late
> afternoon we've had very severe thunder and lightning storms with lots of rain and
> hail. We had so much rain yesterday that the staff lounge flooded and several
> walkways washed out. In one of the culverts out near the Welcome Center hail
> piled up about 2 feet deep after washing down from higher points. At night,
> it had been pretty cold as well. I sure feel sorry for the campers in the
> backcountry

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Received on Mon Aug 2 22:30:54 2004