jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 13, 2019 Had to cancel a campout for over 600 Scouts on Thursday night. My son is in a different district and unit and they decided to risk it. By 10 AM we got word they are breaking camp and heading home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 13, 2019 Share #2 Posted April 13, 2019 The people who booed are probably ashamed of themselves now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 13, 2019 Share #3 Posted April 13, 2019 Rainy camps suck, good for them for rightly deciding that the gods decreed they abandon futile hopes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted April 13, 2019 They guide to safe scouting and it's policies on lightning pretty much guaranteed that we would have hundreds of wet scouts sheltering in the dining hall for a good portion of the day, so we called it. Looks like a good decision today, since we have had severe storms all around us and steady rain all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted April 13, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 13, 2019 There was a pretty good Tornado today in Franklin TX, which is near Waco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 13, 2019 Share #6 Posted April 13, 2019 I can't imagine the BSA would allow The Dude to be a scout leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted April 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Road Runner said: I can't imagine the BSA would allow The Dude to be a scout leader. my rug really ties the camp together. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 13, 2019 Share #8 Posted April 13, 2019 15 minutes ago, BuffJim said: There was a pretty good Tornado today in Franklin TX, which is near Waco. What the hell is a "good" tornado? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 13, 2019 Share #9 Posted April 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: What the hell is a "good" tornado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fret Buzz Posted April 13, 2019 Share #10 Posted April 13, 2019 3 hours ago, jsharr said: Had to cancel a campout for over 600 Scouts on Thursday night. My son is in a different district and unit and they decided to risk it. By 10 AM we got word they are breaking camp and heading home. Why doesn't someone in charge come up with a "Camping in the Rain" badge? Nip this nonsense in the bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fret Buzz Posted April 13, 2019 Share #11 Posted April 13, 2019 Just now, Razors Edge said: Why doesn't someone in charge come up with a "Camping in the Rain" badge? Nip this nonsense in the bud. FTR, we skipped camping this weekend - again ? - because the weather forecast for tonight is thunderstorms. This crap weather needs to sort itself out ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 13, 2019 Share #12 Posted April 13, 2019 I knew it. I should have come down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog Posted April 13, 2019 Share #13 Posted April 13, 2019 Real campers wouldn't let a little rain stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share #14 Posted April 13, 2019 44 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Why doesn't someone in charge come up with a "Camping in the Rain" badge? Nip this nonsense in the bud. We can and do camp in the rain, but this was a Camporee, which is a competition between all the Troops in our city. I had 18 troops coming to compete in Scout skills and the lightening meant we could not be out in the field. Tonight was supposed to be call out for those Scouts and Scouters who had been selected for membership in the Order of the Arrow, a service organization wiithin scouting. It just was not possible or right to try and do all this indoors, so the decision was made to cancel and reschedule, which means I get to plan another big campout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share #15 Posted April 13, 2019 21 minutes ago, Kzoo said: I knew it. I should have come down. We would have had fun installing the remote starter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted April 13, 2019 18 minutes ago, Digital_photog said: Real campers wouldn't let a little rain stop them. Not the rain. The lightning and the policies we have to adhere to when camping at Council owned facilities. Rain is one thing, Lightning, hail and tornadoes are another. And the inability to hold a lot of the activiteis, like outdoor cooking and fire building. We could do the lashing, and knife toss and axe toss in the rain. Not sure the camp would let us use the rifles in the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted April 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, jsharr said: We would have had fun installing the remote starter. Do you like rum? Just bought a nice bottle the @Zephyr told me to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted April 13, 2019 Share #18 Posted April 13, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fret Buzz Posted April 14, 2019 Share #19 Posted April 14, 2019 2 hours ago, jsharr said: We can and do camp in the rain, but this was a Camporee, which is a competition between all the Troops in our city. I had 18 troops coming to compete in Scout skills and the lightening meant we could not be out in the field. Tonight was supposed to be call out for those Scouts and Scouters who had been selected for membership in the Order of the Arrow, a service organization wiithin scouting. It just was not possible or right to try and do all this indoors, so the decision was made to cancel and reschedule, which means I get to plan another big campout. Yep - this nonsense doesn't happen very often in Hawaii. Kids are much tougher there. Texas seems to have more troubles than even I can fix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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