Heard About The Storm?

  Have you heard about the big storm that  hit Detroit
las night?! It came from west coast and was so strong
it ended the baseball season! It was like a Giant of
a storm......speaking of which........
   Just in case you've been really busy and haven't
heard.....we're about to get clobbered by a big storm!
   Officially it's called "Sandy."
   But I've also seen it referred to as the "Frankenstorm"
(which seems appropriate for this Halloween season),
and "The Perfect Storm" as in the movie  about a
similar combination of storm fronts that hit the East
Coast and North Atlantic around Halloween in 1991.
   There was a whole movie about that disaster
mainly featuring the story of the crew of a fishing
boat called the Andrea Gail which vanished during
that storm!
    I always wondered how they came up with all
that dialog given the fact the boat and its crew were
never found!
    The Andrea Gail was fishing for Swordfish.
    Over the last couple days everybody around here
has been fishing too!
     The favorite "catch" around these parts has been
things like water, milk, bread, and batteries.
     I usually prefer peanut butter with my bread though
I have to confess I've never tried batteries! I suppose
they might give you extra energy. But they don't seem
very appetizing to me!
     I've been looking at all the maps on TV and the web.
     They're all close. But none match exactly.
     Apparently neither "Sandy" or the folks tracking
her have a Garmen.
     School closings have been running across the TV
screen all afternoon and evening. Why couldn't we
have any hurricanes when I was in School!?
     The power companies are certainly prepared.
     They started telling us power may be out for days
well before "Sandy" began to turn our way.
     There's little question "Sandy" is a very serious
storm. But to hear some people talk you'd think it's
the end of the world. It's not! That's not scheduled
till December according to the Mayan calender!
      I'm still wondering if we could all go outside and
blow into the air at the exact same moment to keep
this storm away. That much hot air should have some
effect although, I suppose, there's the possibility that
effort could bring down  power lines too.
      So what are you going to do?
      Hope you're ready and, in the end, that all of your
NEWS will be good!