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September 01, 2005
Katrina
You really get a reality check when you see the damage that hurricane Katrina did in the northern Gulf. When Katrina was forming in the Atlantic, we were already on a plane heading up to our TriAmerica St. Paul race. At that time no one had any idea what the storm was going to do. All of Florida was on her radar screen. After we arrived in St. Paul I was relieved to see she had drifted to the west, lessening the chance that she would skirt up Florida's west coast. I doubt my company could take another hit like the one we took from last year's storms.
What was sort of scary was that last year we had our TriAmerica New Orleans race on the last Sunday in August. Had we moved forward with the New Orleans race this year, we would have been right up there in the thick of things last weekend. The addition of our Vail and Zion races forced us to put new Orleans on hold for 2005.
I read where fellow race promoter Bill Burke, who lives in New Orleans, has a flooded house and warehouse. I just cannot imagine what he must be dealing with right now. Our thoughts are with him.
Posted by Fred at September 1, 2005 03:36 AM | More in: Triathlon
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