The Good The Bad & The Indifferent

[Argos]

Glad to hear you are ok. Nature is not to be messed with when in a bad mood. Hopefully few fatalities, news is reporting two currently. Keep an eye on the boys for any out of the ordinary behavior. Near brushes can be a little tough.

[pws1225]

Just saw the news about Adairsville. Good to hear you are okay. Mighty close call there, CR, Seems the Man upstairs must be reading your AAR and decided it's not your time yet.

[Panther Bait]

Glad to hear that you, your sons, and the people near you were all ok.
 
Mike
 

[Ol_Dog]

I have seen them and been close to them, but not as close as you were.

You did right - when they are close, you do not leave good cover to look for better cover

[Canoerebel]

Here's some tornado video made by an Atlanta television station.  The people shooting this were perhaps 1/3rd of a mile to the west.  We did not see funnel cloud.  The restaurant window, which looked west, did not offer a view that seemed particularly ominous.  The sky was gray with rain moving in, but we didn't see anything like this until we were inside it:
 
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/ap/georgia/1-dead-as-powerful-winds-rain-batter-the-south/nT99Z/

[Bullwinkle58]

My stepdaughter was in Alabama yesterday on business. Her meetings today were cancelled last night and she texted she was getting up and out before dawn. She phoned us at 0530 our time to say she was on the road for Atlanta. She's a MN girl and she knows from tornadoes.

Glad you're OK. I've never been in one, but your description fits. I think ten more seconds and things could have been different. You just never know how fast one is going to move.

[BBfanboy]

So glad you and your boys were unhurt! [:)]
PS - some guys will do anything to get out of paying their restaurant tab ...[;)]

[House Stark]

Glad to know you and everyone else got through the tornado okay. Tornadoes are one of nature's aspects that I hope to never encounter up close.

[obvert]

That is one of the most terrifying things I can imagine. So glad you're all okay.

I used to have dreams, recurring ones, about tornadoes. I've never seen one but they were some of the hardest dreams to wake up from , just shaking. I can't even imagine what it would be like to go through what you guys did. Sounds like you were very lucky and did the right things.

[Cribtop]

Glad everyone you were with is ok! Scary, especially the utter lack of warning.

I've seen a few tornados and one waterspout but never that close. As a girl in Austin my wife was in the back of the station wagon that had to flee from a tornado just a few yards away. Damn thing turned after them twice before they lost it, she said.

PS - I just realized the whole game was maskirovka. THIS was John's phase two offensive. [:D]

[Canoerebel]

3/5/42 to 3/7/42
 
Thanks for the well wishes, gents.  What other AAR can deliver such excitement?  Cap Mandrake?  Pffftt.  GreyJoy?  Hah! (No tornadoes in Italy.)  Bullwinkle?  (The only thing that threatens him is glaciers moving at a rate of one inch per decade.)
 
NoPac:  John is strongly reinforcing.  His interest level is high.  I estimate a 40% chance his carrier are here to cover his ships or to handle anything I might do.  Very nice.
 
Pacific:  QE is just a couple of days out of Tahiti.  The slower convoy carrying 27th/B Div. will reach Dunedin in a couple of days.  I thought QE would easily pass her, but maybe not.  A TF of unknown composition is west of Koumac.  Probably carriers or combat ships.
 
Oz:  Quiet.  The little IJ army outside Geraldton is just sitting there getting molested by a few bombers each day.  Either John is bringing an amphibious operation against Perth or vicinity or this is just a silly do-nothing operation.  Americal is going from Capetown to Oz.  Two RCT just departed CT.  These regiments are prepping for Cocos, but that is likely to change at some point.  (I think 7th Aussie Div. can handle the beefy part of any op against Cocos.)
 
DEI:  Some AA at Singers is still firing, but most units are totally out of supply now.  Singers should fall within two weeks at most.
 
India: Troops are beginning to pour in - from Capetown, from Aden, and some Indian reinforcements.  Many of these are going forward to establish/beef up the line from Kalemyo to Ledo on the possibility that John may not make a move on the Chittagong/Calcutta region.
 
China:  John has a bunch of tank units and one divisions SE (true) of Kweilin.  He's trying to open a route through my right flank.  I have troops moving into the vicinity.  I think I can handle this, but it's not a slam dunk.  At this point, though, the MLR is intact.
 
John's Morale:  My opponent has basically admitted he's shutting down major offensive operations.  It's only March 1942.  Said opponent has stopped updating his AAR weeks ago.  This is a similar pattern to what I encountered vs. PzH and Q-Ball. Do I have some kind of subconcious ability for putting my opponents to sleep?  (I actually think John will be fine; I think he's concluded that Reluctant Admiral gives him the ability to fight over the long haul rather than "up front."  I hope so anyway.)

[Canoerebel]

When the tornado hit me and my boys were in the wood building at the center of this Weather Channel photo. I was standing at the window on the right side of the building (it's dark and hard to see in the photo) when the tornado hit. You're looking east here, so the tornado was traveling from right to left across the photo. The house that was demolished was perhaps 100 feet to the right of the red pickup truck. The brick commercial building that was destroyed was just right of the telephone pole second from left. The modern, sprawling industrial building badly damaged was to your left, just across the highway.

Okay, I'll try to move on from "Hey, I was in a tornado!" and resume our regularly scheduled programming.

[bradfordkay]

Dan, I'm glad to hear that you and the boys are safe. I'd also like to issue a word of advice: in the future when you hear about a tornado about to hit, don't go to the window. You are very lucky that it didn't shatter and slice you up...[:-]

[GreyJoy]

Happy you and your kids are fine Dan!!

But now, say the truth: this story was made just to attract more hits on your AAR, right? Isn't like that? [;)]... Well, even if you're running fast, i still hold a considerable advantage[:D]


And, once again, i tell you: you had better fight with this italian penguin if you were looking for a long-term partner q[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Just kidding eh, no offense intended to john obviously

[poodlebrain]

Wow, that's scarier than risking a carrier TF around LBA. Good thing you came through with nothing more than John Kerry battle wounds, Purple Hearts for you and your son. I would hate to think my favorite AAR could end before I've seen you in action with dominating Allied force.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
John's Most Recent Email Message:  "SOOOOOOOOOOO close. Excellent idea Sir!  Time to re=start the Steamroller. Haven’t doing much STEAMING OR ROLLING but that is OK. Time to change this.  Home and working on the garage. We’ll be able to do 2-3 tomorrow."

I'm confused. This note from a few days ago suggests a re-starting of general offensives. Now you say you received a message from John-2 days later-that he's terminating offensive operations? What's going on?

[Chickenboy]

Forgot to add in that I'm glad you, your children and the others around you were safe. Very fortunate outcome, Rebel dude. [X(]

[Canoerebel]

In reply to John's message (the one quoted by Chickenboy), I asked him how he thought the land war was going.  This was his reply:
 
"SUCKS! Am ready to fall on the sword OR sweep of every General’s head. Nearly FOUR ID’s cannot get even a 1-1 in Singers. Look at it this way all offensive plans for this war are probably done. This might be a very weird war for me to fight...meaning in near historical boundaries..."

[JeffroK]

Oz: Quiet. The little IJ army outside Geraldton is just sitting there getting molested by a few bombers each day. Either John is bringing an amphibious operation against Perth or vicinity or this is just a silly do-nothing operation. Americal is going from Capetown to Oz. Two RCT just departed CT. These regiments are prepping for Cocos, but that is likely to change at some point. (I think 7th Aussie Div. can handle the beefy part of any op against Cocos.)
Have you covered your .... rear areas in WA?

In another PBEM the nasty japanese parachuted some troops into Kalgoorlie etc and cut off the retreat just before a landing.

[Canoerebel]

Yeah, but John's opponent is experienced enough to have every base on the railroad garrisoned properly. [:)]
 
P.S.  In my WitP game vs. John some six years ago, he did take Kalgoorlie by para assault, cutting off a big Allied army at Perth.  I was devastated.  Against all odds, I got a brigade to Kalgorlie by marching and it re-took the base on a 1:1 attack (how many times does that happen?)  I was able to evacuate my army, which proved crucial in my last stand at Sydney and Melbourne, neither of which fell.  But those were my only two bases in Oz.