Post by Joe on Sept 5, 2006 20:50:12 GMT -5
Hi all,
My family and I had the opportunity to see a New York Yankees baseball game this past Saturday. Our church organized a bus trip at a reasonable cost.
Saturday was the day that once-hurricane Ernesto travelled up the coast. We were travelling east, right into its 40 mph wind gusts and pelting rain. Also I witnessed several large trees coming down right in front of us. We even ran a few small tree trunks over.
The rain let up as we walked several blocks to Yankee Stadium. The security was tight; hats had to be taken off and looked into, large and a few random handbags searched and cell phones covers were to be open and examined. Some people wearing ponchos or heavy raingear were subject to a hand-held x-ray check. Luckily the first 18,000 fans were given a knit hat which came to good use. Considering there were 54,000 people who attended this game!
We made the trek to our seats. They were up quite high; high enough to be protected from much of the wind and rain under the stadium's partial roof overhang.
New York Yankees v. Minnesota Twins, 1:05 PM
I was really impressed by the zoom lens on my camera; the above pic of home plate was over 450 feet away!
Unfortunately, the heavy winds and drizzle made most people relocate to the highest row in the stadium. I was able to touch the roof where it met the wall and could look out through the small windows circling below the stadium's roof.
With one inning left, and the Yankees down by five runs, the umpires decided to call for a rain delay and the field was soon covered by the huge plastic tarp. Our group decided it was time to leave and head back to the bus. We were not going to sit out the delay...which might have been hours. It was a slow walk down the many ramps to reach street level. I wish I took pictures of my family in their rain ponchos!
Under the protection of an elevated train platform, our walk back to the bus wasn't too bad. Just as we approached the bus and took off our rain gear, we learned from the bus driver that the game was ended early due to the heavy rain.
We arrived home early, thanks to the help of the pummeling east wind.
My family and I had the opportunity to see a New York Yankees baseball game this past Saturday. Our church organized a bus trip at a reasonable cost.
Saturday was the day that once-hurricane Ernesto travelled up the coast. We were travelling east, right into its 40 mph wind gusts and pelting rain. Also I witnessed several large trees coming down right in front of us. We even ran a few small tree trunks over.
The rain let up as we walked several blocks to Yankee Stadium. The security was tight; hats had to be taken off and looked into, large and a few random handbags searched and cell phones covers were to be open and examined. Some people wearing ponchos or heavy raingear were subject to a hand-held x-ray check. Luckily the first 18,000 fans were given a knit hat which came to good use. Considering there were 54,000 people who attended this game!
We made the trek to our seats. They were up quite high; high enough to be protected from much of the wind and rain under the stadium's partial roof overhang.
New York Yankees v. Minnesota Twins, 1:05 PM
I was really impressed by the zoom lens on my camera; the above pic of home plate was over 450 feet away!
Unfortunately, the heavy winds and drizzle made most people relocate to the highest row in the stadium. I was able to touch the roof where it met the wall and could look out through the small windows circling below the stadium's roof.
With one inning left, and the Yankees down by five runs, the umpires decided to call for a rain delay and the field was soon covered by the huge plastic tarp. Our group decided it was time to leave and head back to the bus. We were not going to sit out the delay...which might have been hours. It was a slow walk down the many ramps to reach street level. I wish I took pictures of my family in their rain ponchos!
Under the protection of an elevated train platform, our walk back to the bus wasn't too bad. Just as we approached the bus and took off our rain gear, we learned from the bus driver that the game was ended early due to the heavy rain.
We arrived home early, thanks to the help of the pummeling east wind.