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Monday, October 1, 2012

Disastrous Winds, Rains and Small Tornadoes

What seemed like a normal rainstorm in A-Bay turned into a big disaster. Cody was at the surf club getting ready to put a tarp on the club roof to hold out the rain, when the rainstorm took a turn with a huge wind. Cody and the boys watched two boats being carried into the sky in tornadoes and thrown to the ground. He yelled to the boys "get off the club boat- its gonna go too." And sure enough, they bailed just in time. After working for a month to make the Surf Club, with one tornado/strong wind, it all came down. Some of the club's boards were destroyed in the storm. Cody and the club boys spent the next day completely tearing it down. They will use our canopy for this last month of the season, then they will build something stronger next year. A very sad day for many people. 








Asanka also experienced some damage at the point, with the roof coming off of the look out tower and some of his restaurant




The STF (life guards/navy) tower came crashing down also 

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