Beautiful, Deadly & Fascinating

when we meet people from other parts of the country, they always ask if we have seen or experienced a tornado, to which we always reply, "nope." i always try to say something to the effect that tornados need lots of wide, open space to form and don't hit densely populated urban spots, but since twisters barreled through Salt Lake City and Utah in the last ten years, i know that to be a false statement.

regardless, the adorable one and i love talking about the weather. doesn't matter if it's sunny, rainy, snowing, hailing or whatever, we find the weather fascinating. i think we both secretly wish we were meteorologists or at least had high paying jobs where we could be wrong 95% of the time. anyhoosa, when there is a weather event, we are glued to the tv like you wouldn't believe. or maybe you would.

the point i have been trying to say is that while we get that hurricanes cause massive amounts of damage, we enjoy watching the coverage like football games on tv. which is wrong, i give you that. but, i betcha anything there are tons of other people that feel the exact same way.

our favorite, of course, is armageddon jim cantori on the weather channel. that guy would have us all believing the world is ending tomorrow due to hurricanes. but damn if he isn't good tv. and i'm sure, unfortunately, that's what it's all about.