Pam and I were glad to get out of North Dakota because of the winter weather, and we always said we never wanted to move to California because of all the earthquakes (and of course those wacky tacky slackers supporting the anti-biz tax dodgers – you know, all those elderly hippies and wanna-bees? Pam and I work for a living, we just wouldn’t fit in).
Casual observations of the NOAA Weather website during the past few days have been increasingly disconcerting. At first there were reports of a coming storm from the west and the U.S. map showed a circle of blue (indicating a winter storm watch) over central Oklahoma. The next day, the circle of blue increased to cover the entire state. The day after, the circle of blue morphed into an oblong blue rectangle completely covering the state of Oklahoma and parts of Texas and New Mexico to the west and parts of Arkansas and Missouri to the east. And this morning, before I had a chance to steel myself with the first cup of coffee, I logged in and saw a great big orange blob (indicating a winter storm WARNING) smack dab directly over my house in Newalla. Needless to say, the reports are ominous.
Well, looks like we have some prep work to do. The generator is gassed up and ready; Pam went to the store yesterday and stocked up on food; the vehicles have full tanks of gas (not that we’re going anywhere). All that remains is to provide the latest . . .
HOSTAGE UPDATE, Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Upon seeing this doll for the first time, Bailey da Hound Dawg tucked his tail, scurried to his kennel, and remained cowering in his dog house for an entire day.
It is understandable why this particular doll remains in Oklahoma – I don’t think decent people in Kansas would allow such an abomination within their borders.
