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Date Posted: Sat, 09/20/03 2:41pm
Author: sunny
Subject: Nope, it missed me :o)
In reply to: Caseyngeneva 's message, "Re: Survivors of the Storm -- HowR'Ya Doin' ??" on Sat, 09/20/03 1:24pm

Hi Kathy,

Thanks for your concern and the stories -- WoW, what a sight that must have been from your office "aeire" !!
Nope, didn't see hide nor hair of any tornado 'round here either, those weatherpersons must've been smokin' something I guess :o)))

Hope we hear from Bow or Kangi soon, tho' [both preferrably lol], bieng without electric for this long seems like a real hardship to me, I'd be getting low on Coleman fuel and candles by this time, to say nothing about missing my internet fix !



>Sunny:
>
>I got blasted the other day because I criticized the
>24-hour news coverage of a little wind and rain,
>especially when the reporter in Washington was
>toughing out the "breeze." Heck, even HE said it
>looked like we are a country of wimps. There was fair
>warning the hurricane was coming, and I'm quite
>certain those who live along the east coast are aware
>that hurricanes are possible. At the same time, I
>feel bad for those who did suffer and get the worst of
>it -- it was just the hype that bothered me so.
>
>I've had the pleasure (sorry, I really like storms) of
>witnessing two F5 tornadoes in my lifetime. The first
>was on my 9th birthday (1967) in my hometown. The
>wind speed was 300 mph, and it leveled most of the
>town, killed 33 people and injured hundreds. It blew
>out our windows and made a real mess of things, but
>the house stayed standing (fortunately for us cuz we
>don't have a basement).
>
>The second F5 (I think it was categorized F5) was in
>1990, one year to the day before my father died. I
>was at work at the time, on the 18th floor. Our
>building was being evacuated, but my a-hole of a boss
>wanted to get some work done first. Being one of
>those big corner offices with windows all around, we
>could actually see it coming -- with another smaller
>funnel cloud just across the street from us. That one
>in 1990 kind of bothered me (didn't want to die
>unnecessarily with that a-hole), but the fire marshall
>came in and kicked us out. Fortunately, the tornado
>fizzled out before it got to us.
>
>I'm really not a cold-hearted person -- my heart goes
>out to those who lose their lives due to weather.
>Tornadoes don't scare me, they fascinate me. I don't
>tempt fate, but if a tornado ever does come down to
>this great big earth and take me, I'll know for sure
>it's my time to go.
>
>Weather doesn't scare me -- people do.
>
>I know it sucks to be without electricity -- been
>there. I can't help but think of those people in Iraq
>who've been without electricity (throughout a brutal
>summer) since LAST MARCH -- not because of weather,
>because of US.
>
>If any of you suffered any injuries due to hurricane
>Isabel, I'm truly sorry. Sunny, I hope you stay safe,
>and I hope and pray this isn't your time.
>
>Kathy

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