Thomas Patterson gained a measure of what his Pro Modified race car experiences regularly last weekend.
The veteran Pro Modified driver from Houston, Texas, was one of the
hundreds of thousands of residents, affected by Hurricane Ike which
slammed into the Texas coast last weekend.
Patterson learned that his physical body cannot cut through the wind as well as his Dodge Daytona-bodied race car can.
“A whole lot of wind,” Patterson said, taking time away from his
massive property clean-up efforts. “You certainly didn’t want to run
out there and stand in it. We weathered out the storm and it got scary
at times.
“I’ve never seen so many trees knocked down in my whole life as there
are on our property. We’ve spent most of our days since the storm
clearing out the tree damage.”