There are few things I enjoy as much as sitting on the front porch while a good summer thunderstorm rolls through. That’s one of the trappings of being Weather Freak Boy. Last night promised to be a good one — until the cell that was bearing down on New Castle prompted a tornado warning, based… Read More shelter from the storm.
I wanted to make sure you got a chance to see this. It was shot Tuesday by Orchard, Iowa, resident Lori Mehmen, moments before she took cover as this tornado approached. This amazing shot was first run in the Mitchell County Press-News and then picked up by AP. I finally got to see it in… Read More wow.
A real powder day always wins, boys and girls, even if it’s only in Michigan. The bad part? We have to get up in the morning and drive home through all that snow. See y’all Saturday night.
We have one more day of skiing left before we head back to the Burgh, and I’ll probably be the only one out tomorrow. That’s because of the snow that’s falling so hard that we actually saw lightning and heard thunder outside our window just a few minutes ago. The same snow that started falling… Read More vacation.
I have some thoughts about the game, and I’ll get them posted eventually … but I think we’ll wait a day or two, so I can be a little more objective about what happened. In the meantime, exercise your civic duty and vote — for the new housecat at the Mount Washington Observatory. Do your… Read More patriotic duty.
There’s a second election in New Hampshire on Tuesday, one that I think rivals the presidential primary in importance — the selection of a new cat for the Mount Washington Observatory. The election is necessary because of the retirement of Nin, pictured above, who had been the undisputed lord and master of the observatory for… Read More election day.
Uncle Crappy 