Monday, January 7, 2013

Romancing the South Pacific - Yellow Magic News


Recently Ron Mintle our CEO, had to travel to the South Pacific, a place most people would love to travel…however, Ron ultimately came into contact with Cyclone (Hurricane) Evan twice as he puddle- jumped islands visiting customers and making sales calls. At one point, it appeared as though Ron was actually a Cyclone-chaser! Not only was he in the eye of the cyclone in Samoa, but then 4 days later he was hit by the same cyclone in Fiji!  The ground floor of his hotel in Samoa was flooded when a nearby river overflowed, and then his hotel in Fiji was totally destroyed.  The cyclone that hit Samoa was a Level 3 and the Level 4 cyclone in Fiji  had winds of 100 mph with gusts to 160 mph!  No electricity, water, phones, or no real food, just SMS texting for intervals when the cellular system was up.  Somehow Ron got home the day before Christmas, and with all the hub-bub of flights being cancelled and rescheduling, we are happy to finally have him home at the office, safe and sound. Our good friend Roman Sotelo from New Millennium created this fun picture for us as a memento of the event!  Thanks Roman!!!


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