Re: Thunder
- From: "sfb" <sfb@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:35:43 GMT
Bottom post fixed, top post unfixed.
Reminded me of a post from another group:
SmiteWatch® Report as of 4 August 2005
Modern Jurisdictions Legalizing Gay Marriage:
Canada
Spain
Massachusetts
Belgium
The Netherlands
Number of Modern Jurisdictions Legalizing Gay Marriage: 5
Number Smitten by God*, week of 28 Jul - 3 Aug 2005: 0
Number Smitten by God* (cummulative): 0
Number Not Smitten by God*: 5
Noted Smitings (28 Jul - 4 Aug, 2005)
India - Monsoon (est. fatalities: 1000).
Niger - famine.
Noted Non-Smitings (28 Jul - 4 Aug, 2005)
Crash landing at Toronto (Canada) Airport - all passengers survive.
_______________
*Does not include acts employing human agency.
========
Hey, it made me laugh.
At the last RSG SoCal outing we played in the "foothills" north of
Escondido (north San Diego County) and there was thunder in the
distance and scattered sprinkles. We discussed the weather, but I
don't think anyone seriously considered packing it in. Of course, I'm
a lot more fatalistic about that kind of thing. I was the one who held
his putter into the air on the green. LOL
Like Annika and Pflum on thunderstorms--the louder the better.(1) Of
course, we don't see 'em much here in SoCal. I do remember one when I
was a little kid, about 6th grade age. It was late at night and I was
supposed to be in bed but instead I was kneeling on my desk and staring
out the window up at the sky. It was very, very cool until the whole
world exploded with thunder and lightning simultaneously.
Turned out that lightning had hit the 60' antenna of the ham radio
operator a few doors down. Fried all of his ham equipment and didn't
do the wall the equipment was on much good either. That was exciting.
LOL
Bob
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(1) Come (pun intended) to think of it, I like women that way too......
sfb wrote:
> Lightning and safe are seldom used in the same sentence.
>
> In Ohio a few years ago, four guys walked off the course into a house
> under construction and were killed there by a lightning strike.
>
> The Boy Scout who was killed in Utah this week was sleeping in a
> cabin.
>
<double_entendre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> <bigoldcat2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Played a very long course that did a giant loop from the clubhouse,
> > meandering through a new developement and finally returned to the
> > clubhouse at 18. I was paired with 3 guys who were okay golfers and
> > a
> > lot of fun to play with. We had already agreed to play another local
> > course next week. It began thundering and we could see a dark cloud
> > way
> > off in the distance. They immediately pulled off and went inside a
> > home
> > that was being built. I ask if they were kidding, as the group
> > behind
> > us was playing through, giving us a look of disbelief. I grabbed my
> > bag
> > and started walking back, about 3 miles to the clubhouse. Never have
> > I
> > seen anyone pull off the course, unless lightning was striking
> > visibly
> > in the area. Everyone on the course had continued their rounds
> > except
> > those guys. Anyone else that scared of thunder?
> >
.
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