[TN-Bird] Re: Snowy Owl flight shots

  • From: Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:54:46 -0600

Just to echo Chris about etiquette AND SAFETY...

There is a turn lane just north of the interchange that can be used  
to make a U-turn.  There is a gravel pass through the median just  
south of the interchange that can be used for a turnaround.  PLEASE,  
if the bird is on the other side of the road, DRIVE to the turnaround  
and park on the other side.  Please DO NOT cross the highway as a  
pedestrian!  And when making your U-turn, don't make sudden lane  
changes; there's no hurry, the bird sits in the same spot for a long  
time if no one disturbs it and flushes it.  Park entirely off the  
highway, as far as you can securely get, and ideally your feet should  
NEVER TOUCH the paved surface of the highway.  I'm a trucker, big  
rigs use that highway quite a bit, and I cannot begin to impress upon  
you how unnerving (and UNSAFE) it is to have pedestrians anywhere  
near the side of a highway like that when you are in something 70  
feet long, 9 feet wide, weighing 80,000 pounds with limited  
maneuverability, long stopping distance requirements, and a  
surprisingly strong wake suction.

Not much point in getting a lifer if you then get yourself killed a  
few minutes later.

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN


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