On our last New Zealand ride, I had a woman who rode only 80 miles, and a guy who did over 700 miles on the same trip.
People like to give to where they live, and after these episodic events they tend to give more. A lot of this has more to do with the economy than with the cause.
The world has become global on everything else. Why not this? ... NASCAR used to be a Southern sport. Now it's coast-to-coast.
We (the company) have small Killer Bees up to Global Hawk,
We've had quite a bit of moisture and really it hadn't been too bad. The winds came up though. I'm sure when he started the winds weren't as high and that probably had something to do with it.
The Hunter has been around for 15 to 16 years,
I don't think the local charities have the resources to buy 5,000 cases of cards and stuff them in envelopes and hope someone will give five dollars.