Post Race!

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

We may be getting enough rain in the next few days to make even those in Louisiana think it's at least humid. I know I shouldn't be getting my hopes up, but when it comes to rain, we're so frequently disappointed that hopes are all we usually get.

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We had a couple of good storms roll through yesterday that spawned a few EF-1 tornadoes. As a surprise bonus our power got knocked out in the middle of an exceptionally boring online meeting I was having with my IT staff.

NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO IN HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP. TORNADO BEGAN NEAR TURNSTONE COURT AND MOVED EAST BEFORE ENDING IN HINCKLEY RESERVATION. (CLE)
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO IN WICKLIFFE. TORNADO BEGAN ON BRIAR COURT AND CONTINUED EAST TOWARD PINE RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB BEFORE DISSIPATING. (CLE)
NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP IN STARK COUNTY. THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR NORTH PARK AND CONTINUED EAST TO LAKE CABLE BEFORE ENDING WEST OF (CLE)
PICTURE OF A TORNADO CROSSING LAKE O SPRINGS. TDS VISIBLE ON RADAR NEAR THE NORTH CANTON AREA. (CLE)
MINERAL RIDGE - EMERGENCY MANAGER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF A TORNADO. (CLE)

Alec Baldwin's prop gun has killed more people than my real gun has.

Too soon?

It was like the day after Challenger that NASA stood for need-another-seven-astronauts. Seems humor as a band aide is a real thing.

Yeah, it was a bit too soon...I had no idea what you were talking about. You kind of have to wait until the news gets out there before you can joke about it without a 'hunh???"

Still, it was a weird story. At first, I assumed the gun was loaded with blanks. This wouldn't be the first time that somebody was killed by a blank. Blanks still shoot 'stuff' with enough force to blow a hole through a can. In this case, though, it sounds like somebody put a live round in a prop gun....though as I write this, it was just reported that it isn't clear whether there was a live round or not.

We're getting the rain, so far, and Sunday is supposed to be the big day.

Praise the lord.

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Originally Posted by Bonker Gudd

Praise the lord.

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I don't need to be praised :D

(need some explanation here ;): my name come from the Greek Kurios )

Doesn't that just make you a Kuriosity?

only in March on Mars ! (the french word for March is "Mars")

Well, Mars on the march would be something...

Last month was the highest flood we ever experienced.
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Weird, the image has a preview in the forum test but none here.

Heck, it doesn't just lack a preview, it isn't even valid. This is an issue that people have been having. I expect that somebody around here knows how to solve it, but that person is not me.

Yesterday, in a little deli just one suburban town away from New Haven, CT, this here went down...

I decided I wanted a turkey sandwich on a roll, went in to the deli - half a dozen people already waiting for orders. Mother with maybe a 4 year old, climbing on chairs and being the only life in the whole place.

Standing in front of me is a nicely dressed youth - all in black, sneakers, pants, hoodie tied close around his face. His order comes up - he quickly grabs an orange juice he had stashed in the ice cream cooler at the front - hoping to get it colder, I assume. I thought - smart move!

Overweight guy sitting at a small table at the front - eating his lunch - he can see out the window...

Kid with hoodie processes his credit card - my order comes up next - my credit card goes into the machine...

Kid goes out the front door - I'm punching in my CC PIN...

Bang- bang - bang - silence...

CC machine beeping for me to remove the card...

I turn around and everyone has moved to the back of the store - hiding behind coolers and clutching children...

Little 4 year old girl lost her shoe - it's right on the floor next to me.

...bang - bang - bang - bang - silence...

Guy at the front eating like nothing is going on!

Joe - the owner casually asks someone to lock the front door.

...bang - bang - bang - bang...

The opposing silence to these bangs was remarkable...

I finally realize these are gun shots right outside on the sidewalk (I'm obviously late for the game on this one!) - and I decide to move to the back with the rest of the folk...

I hand the little girl her shoe - her mom thanks me...

CC machine still beeping for me to remove the card...

Joe on the phone with the cops...

3 or 4 minutes of slow motion continues for all in the store...

Guy at the front mentions that the shooter has ran across the street into some backyards - Joe unlocks the front door.

I realize my CC is beeping away in the machine - grab it - Joe hands me my lunch in bag, and out the door I go.

I looped around my car looking for bullet holes, hop in, and pull out onto the main drag as three cop cars come flying in.

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Back to same deli today, they tell me that the shooter went out the door, saw a car with rival gang members and just started unloading bullets into the car as it drove away (on a busy 4 lane avenue!). 11 shell casings were recovered - all around my car since he was shooting from the sidewalk. Joe told me they taped off the whole street - I was lucky to get out while I could! Passenger was wounded - cops waited for that car at the hospital. Shooter used a CC - cops know who he is, unless that was a stolen card...

Wow, that's insane! I'm glad that you're alright.

The guy eating his lunch probably figured it was just the entertainment.

Must have french blood : I'll die but with a stomach full !

@dday9: didn't forget you, I just didn't had time to make all the research I wanted. Give me a bit more time.

Strange the perceptions you have without even knowing it. I never pictured gang violence in CT. Living in CA all I picture in CT is rich white people and the movie White Christmas. Glad your Ok.

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Originally Posted by wes4dbt

...all I picture in CT is rich white people and the movie White Christmas.

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lol same!