Wow, it's only 71 outside now. It's ten degrees warmer in my apartment - time to open the windows and turn on the fan....
eta: and opening the windows brings the strong odor of popcorn. Huh?
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jun 23, 2010 3:18:12 pm PDT #8642 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gudanov - Jun 23, 2010 3:34:18 pm PDT #8643 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
This is what a tornado did to my high school in 1957.
That must have been the Ruskin Heights tornado.
aurelia - Jun 23, 2010 3:40:43 pm PDT #8644 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Yep.
The tornado carved a continuous, seventy-one mile path of destruction from where it touched down near Williamsburg, Kansas until it lifted near Knobtown, MIssouri. The tornado ranged in width from 175 yards (one-tenth of a mile) to 700 yards (slightly less than one-half of a mile) and was on the ground for one hour and thirty-eight minutes. The human toll was significant, 44 people lost their lives, 7 in Kansas and 37 in Missouri, and 531 people were injured. Damage from the tornado was estimated at $2.5 million dollars.
This page has the famous "RU IN" photo. [link]
Principal Blaine Steck was in Ruskin High School at the time, along with Mrs. Alta Guyll, the school nurse, and Mr. George Kildow, the school janitor. Mr. Steck dug his way out of the rubble looking for the others, but did not find them. Sadly they died buried near the front of the school entrance.
I went to school with Steck's daughters.
Kathy A - Jun 23, 2010 3:40:45 pm PDT #8645 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
For anyone who missed last night's Colbert Report, Stephen talks about Rand Paul's certification.
tommyrot - Jun 23, 2010 4:25:23 pm PDT #8646 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The sky is this freaky bright yellow to the East now.
Hil R. - Jun 23, 2010 4:26:20 pm PDT #8647 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The sky is this freaky bright yellow to the East now.
Did you forget every cloud you've ever seen?
Kathy A - Jun 23, 2010 4:28:41 pm PDT #8648 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
No, really, the sunset is giving the whole sky this strange diffuse color that's unsettling.
tommyrot - Jun 23, 2010 4:31:03 pm PDT #8649 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah. A yellow sky like this is a sign of a severe storm, possibly involving tornados.
Not so much a of warning when they come after the storm, though....
tommyrot - Jun 23, 2010 4:32:17 pm PDT #8650 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Seriously, it's like God (or the Atraxi) put some giant yellow (now orange) filter over the whole sky.
aurelia - Jun 23, 2010 4:36:49 pm PDT #8651 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The sky is this freaky bright yellow to the East now.
Oh, wow. That is freaky.