Folks - Since our group was very well represented at this event, please send me your digital photos that you may have so that I can put them on a web site and...
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Bob Cianflone
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May 8, 2008 5:12 pm
The current weather prediction for Saturday, May 10th, calls for a clear day with a high of 70 degrees. The present forecast models say that the earlier...
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Bob Cianflone
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May 9, 2008 6:29 pm
Folks - The information for this year's premier event on the People's River is now out. The festivities are going to be held on Saturday, June 7, 2008, from...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 12, 2008 12:13 am
Coalminer's Daughter rightly called it a Progressive Putins Paddle, and that's what it came out to be. And that's how we must have planned it since it turned...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 12, 2008 4:47 am
We were told it would look like a primeval forest. We were told it was a geological wonder that once existed under the sea, and that we would be paddling in...
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Bob Cianflone
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May 12, 2008 4:34 pm
Please be advised that the Potomac River between the gauges at Harper's Ferry and Point of Rocks will reach flood level between 8 PM and Midnight on Tuesday,...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 15, 2008 8:38 pm
According to Doppler and Nexrad, the current forecast for Shepherdstown on Saturday and Sunday is for temperatures in the 70s and for a chance (20% on Saturday...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 16, 2008 12:26 pm
On Saturday, May 17th, in Brunswick, the sunrise is at 5:55 AM and the sunset is at 8:19 PM. It will be warm, with a high of 75 degrees. There will be a...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 20, 2008 2:44 pm
We met at the Brunswick Sheetz, and headed down to the Brunswick Campground. It's nice having free use of the campground facilities right on the riverbank. It...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 21, 2008 5:34 pm
The current weather prediction for Sunday, May 25th, calls for a beautiful, sunny day with a high of 77 degrees. The wind will be negligible. The UV Index...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 23, 2008 2:35 pm
Folks – Based on Doppler, the weather prediction for our paddling location on Sunday, May25th, will be sunny and 76 degrees. The weather will be perfect for...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 24, 2008 1:28 pm
This is the final weather and river update. Based on Doppler, there are no severe weather alerts anywhere at our paddling location. It will be a beautiful,...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 29, 2008 7:04 pm
It was a beautiful, sunny day on the Potomac River for our paddle. The current was very strong, moving at 4.1 MPH at our turn-around point. For this adventure,...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
May 30, 2008 2:56 am
On Sunday, June 1st, 2008, at our paddling location, there will be a high of 84 degrees. The sunrise is at 5:56 AM and the sunset is at 8:32 PM. The current...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 2, 2008 4:13 pm
Today we realized that the secret of the Shepherdstown boat ramp was out. We never saw it so crowded. There was a line of trailers with boats on the ramp...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 3, 2008 3:14 pm
Folks - We are all keenly inteested in the water quality wherein we paddle. Accordingly, the MD DNR has established a chemical analysis program at the...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 5, 2008 7:16 pm
Several of you have made inquiries about getting to the annual Great Brunswick River Race that is taking place this Saturday, June 7th, from 11 AM to 3 PM. I...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 6, 2008 5:56 pm
The upstream gauge at Harper's ferry currently shows 6.66 feet. There is something about that number that I find rather disconcerting...... Anyway, there are...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 13, 2008 3:42 am
This will be our Father's Day paddle. At our paddling location, it will be a generally sunny day, with a high of 87 degrees. The sunrise will be at 5:44 AM...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 16, 2008 6:09 pm
We had fabulous weather today, and our river was full of people enjoying the great outdoors, from anglers and paddlers to boaters and swimmers. We decided to...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 19, 2008 2:34 pm
On Saturday, June 21st, the sunrise is at 5:44 AM and the sunset is at 8:41 PM. The river level at the upstream gauge of our paddling location is now at 3.37...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 24, 2008 3:20 pm
Saturday's six-mile, round trip adventure from the Brunswick Campground to Weverton turned out to be great. It was a beautiful first day of summer; sunny and...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 25, 2008 7:53 pm
Two Week Hiatus I've been watching Doppler diligently, and there is a 40-50% chance of thunderstorms over the weekend of June 28-29. Moreover, many of our...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 29, 2008 1:06 pm
An experienced kayaker drowned while performing a "routine" roll in a calm and shallow section of the Schuylkill River yesterday at about 2 PM. Dale Herrick...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jun 30, 2008 1:45 pm
To be filed in the "you just can't make this stuff up" section. On Tuesday, June 24, 2008, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Juan Labrador, 47, of...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jul 2, 2008 7:36 pm
The link below will show some pictures of Dale Herrick, who passed away last week. She was quite an experienced whitewater canoeist. ...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jul 3, 2008 3:52 pm
We've just had another fatality of a person going over a low-head dam. Leon Clymer, of Oklahoma City, was tubing with five of his buddies at Yellow Breeches...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jul 6, 2008 12:22 am
I understand from many of you that this two week hiatus from our formal paddling trips has been a cruel and unusual punishment. Okay, then. Let's get back in...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jul 9, 2008 7:50 pm
It was a wonderful day on the river. We had a couple of sprinkles to cool us off while heading upriver, and it was truly refreshing for mother nature to do so...
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Bob Cianflone
bcianflone
Jul 10, 2008 12:58 am
On Saturday, at our paddling location, it will be sunny, with a high of 91 degrees. The UV Index will be 10, which is very high. There will be a slight SSE...
