Thanks Guys, yes, a water spout is what they called it...they had film on TV, it was incredible. Syd In a message dated 9/7/2009 12:07:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Elsyd1@xxxxxxx writes: Yesterday, as I was standing at my kitchen sink, debating whether to put off loading the dishwasher (we sure have it hard these days), the trees immediately outside the kitchen window began whipping around in a frenzy! These trees are huge oak and alders, at least 75 to 100 feet tall. The wind was so ferocious whole branches, they themselves the size of small trees, were broken off the huge oaks and alders...I decided to go outside and see this wild exciting event, and by the time I reached the front door, it was over! Today on the news, they think (think!) a tornado tore through my town of Enumclaw, and surrounding areas, actually causing a funnel of water to rise off of a local lake, (I forgot what this phenomenon is called). They are not absolutely sure at this time that it was indeed a tornado, as in order to be a tornado, they say it has to touch the ground...my ground was certainly touched, gathering by the amount of debris that was redistributed, LOL...Dogs were outside, and were ok..thank heaven. Syd ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================