She loves you. And also the tornado.
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve, > > > > I hope you didn't believe that hills would protect you from a tornado, > because they wont. > > Well, not exactly "protect" and if you've been to the "black hills" they > is a bit more like small mountains... and anecdotally at least, tornadys > just don't form nor live long over complex topography. I wasn't really > worried, mostly because I'm not a worrying kinda guy. Even a track the > width of a power-line isn't likely to intersect with *my* track at the same > time, probably even if I were playing "storm chaser". But... having seen > the vehicles *designed* for such activity (was it real or was it > affectation?) I was primed to think a little more about it than usual. > > Here in NM we had a singular tornado touch down south of SFe near Waldo a > few years ago... the eastern plains see them off and on... > > > If you see one of those buggers on the plains and you have a road to > run to, you run perpendicular to the motion of the tornado. A "stationary" > tornado is one that is coming right at you. > > We really only had one road, the one we were on, and our only choice was > go forward, stop, or turn back. > > The Springfield to Monson Tornado two summers ago in Massachusetts left > a twenty mile track up and down hills for twenty miles that looked like it > had been cleared by bull dozers for the installation of high powered > lines. Neat and clean, with trees barely touched a few feet in from the > track itself. Un be effing leivable . > > Mother nature laughs at us while we squirm in our seats. And we thought > she loved us! Is it tough love or is she just a sadistic bitch? > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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