Editor's notes: The show must go on Aug 8, 2008
I had a beach chair to stay off the wet ground, and I had an umbrella available, and I would have worn foul weather gear if that meant I could see the play in spite of the elements. I m sure I wasn t alone in being disappointed at the play s cancellation. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Never a dull moment for police PIO May 30, 2008
This kit should include a fresh uniform, foul weather gear and other essentials including hair spray. It s hard to take a PIO serious when he or she, on a windy day, looks like Dee Snider back in the Heavy Metal days. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Class-winning CC Rider rides to literal rescue Mar 18, 2008
When we reached Nancy, she was in foul weather gear but no life jacket. She was in trouble. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Dogfish tournament lures winter anglers to pier Feb 7, 2008
But most anglers stayed outside the tarp, using umbrellas and foul weather gear to stay as dry and warm as possible. One of them was Matt Johnson, whose family owns the pier. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Atlantic City Boat Show Feb 4, 2008
There are almost 450 exhibitors selling products like boating supplies, fishing gear, magazines, inflatables, cushions, canvas, electronics, GPS & software, clothing & foul weather gear, wetsuits and sunglasses. And if you do happen to succumb to the temptation, there are plenty of finance companies, insurance companies and marinas available to finalize your boating dreams. (Suite101.com)
Mallard population holds steady Oct 18, 2007
" Limit: Seven ducks; the limit may contain all mallards, but no more than two of them hens. California mallards: California's local mallard population is steady. Fish and Game aerial surveys counted 388,324 breeding mallards. This is 2.7 percent lower than last year. Pacific Flyway: Aerial surveys by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife counted 8 million mallards, up from last year's 7.2 million. That is roughly a 10 percent increase from last year and 7 percent above the long-term average.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Not much we won't do Jun 24, 2007
It reminds me of the bronze of Samuel Eliot Morison in foul weather gear atop a rock on the Commonwealth Avenue mall. Kennedy was at home in and on the waters of Nantucket Sound. (Boston Globe)
Hokule'a faces heavy rains, squalls enroute to Pohnpei Feb 26, 2007
Hokule'a crew member Ka'iulani Murphy, in an e-mail sent by satellite from the canoe, said the crews are wearing foul weather gear constantly, but it does little to keep them dry. "Foul weather gear merely kept the water against our bodies warm," she said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fabric store changes hands Jan 24, 2007
The store has a section devoted to fishing, trailer rigging, a household section with glasses and dishes and a clothing section including shoes and foul weather gear. Another Boater's World is planned for the Eastgate Shopping Center at Ninth Avenue and Creighton Road in the Spring to replace the one that closed at Cordova Mall. (Pensacola News Journal)
Sailor rescued off Chilean coast Jan 7, 2007
" Barnes said the Privateer, his dream boat that he spent nearly $250,000 on, had to be scuttled. Pictures taken from a military aircraft just before the rescue at 6:48 a.m. local time showed Barnes wearing yellow foul weather gear and waving at rescuers from the helm of his boat. Two broken masts lay in front of him, with torn sails hanging over the bow. Four rescuers in an inflatable Zodiac launched from the trawler pulled alongside the Privateer and helped the 47-year-old Barnes on board.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Misled by online mapping... Dec 8, 2006
I also carry extra clothing like a winter parka, heavy boots and socks, long underwear and foul weather gear. It may be summer in Denver but at 10,000 feet in the Rockies it can be snowing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Birds of all feather visit Sacramento Wildlife Refuge Oct 22, 2006
This weekend, temperatures reached the low 80s in the Sacramento Valley, and instead of foul weather gear, you needed a camo T-shirt, sun-block and mosquito repellent. There can be bluebird days in late October and November, when sitting in a blind near a rice field, you swear there's no ducks, then you take the auto tour at the refuge and get knocked out by all the birds. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
More Mother City adventures Apr 10, 2006
Kit up in foul weather gear and help out manning the sails or sit back and enjoy the wind in your hair. Learn to surf The water is cold, but the multi-directional seaboard means that there are always waves somewhere, whatever the wind direction. (iAfrica.com)
