A near-miss.....

[poltr1]

On Tuesday, we had a small (I'm guessing an F1) tornado show up from out of nowhere. It did some damage in Carlisle, and to some businesses near the Dayton Mall. That's about 5 miles away from where I live. We're fine, the condo is fine, and the data warehouse is fine.

I happened to hear about it after switching the DVD/VCR into VCR mode, and Channel 2 News was previously tuned in. Carl Nichols, the chief weatherman, was on and warned about the tornado a few minutes before the NWS sounded the official warning.

Even though it's past tornado season.....it can still happen.

athenawindsong wondered if this is God's way of indicating displeasure with Dubya. If that's the case, the tornado wouldn't have hit the Carpet Warehouse and the Joker's Comedy Club. It would have hit some other neocon stronghold.

Oh yeah.....one of these days -- or years -- I would like to see a lightning bolt or two zap the fingers of Quicksand Jesus down in Monroe.

[Updated 0:32 17-Jul] (Added link to a picture of the statue. I still think it's tacky.)

Comments

[athenawindsong.livejournal.com]

Little known fact: Carpet Warehouse is a hotbed of Neo-Con activity. Joker's Comedy Club got struck cuz they don't have all non-smoking shows. ;o)

While He/She is wacking Quicksand Jesus...

[zorya-thinks.livejournal.com]

... do you think we could ask for a side trip to Memphis, Tennessee to knock over this hideous affront to taste and decency? http://www.thestatueofliberationthroughchrist.org/home.htm

Re: While He/She is wacking Quicksand Jesus...

[poltr1]

Oy gevalt.

There's another potential lightning rod. Pardon the pun.

[kliklikitty.livejournal.com]

If God was gonna send a message of displeasure to Dubya he could just have easily sent an f5 tornado to his ranch. That would be a very clear message thaat everyone could grok.