Of probably no particular interest to anyone: Tonight was the first
astronomy class of the summer term, and we had gotten just about to the
halfway point, and I was winding the string around my gyroscope in order to
use it to demonstrate precession, when the county sheriff who does security
for the campus stuck his head in the door to tell us that we had to
evacuate the room because a tornado warning had been issued for the
area. Of course, it wasn't even raining at the time, and the rain didn't
even start falling until over an hour later, about the time they cancelled
the tornado warning, after everyone had stood around in the hall for that time.
It has just started raining again, with lightning and thunder, but if there
was a tornado warning involved I already missed it: where I am located, at
the very eastern edge of town, the warnings usually expire by the time the
storm arrives at this end of town.
-- Ronn! :)
God bless America,
Land that I love!
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam�
God bless America!
My home, sweet home.
-- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
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