Looks like we’ve got a line of storms and twisters heading our way. These same storms have already kicked the shit out of Smantix’s section of the state, killing more than 7 people. You alright, Smantix, or are you already in Vegas?

I’ve been on the phone for the last half hour trying to get through to the White House about these storms. If I learned anything last summer, it’s that when severe weather is bearing down you, the first responsibility for your safety lies with the federal government and the White House. Why won’t you pick up the phone, Mr. President?

I’m going to sit here until an official government agency representative tells me whether or not to turn off my computer and what steps to take to ensure my safety, or until someone comes by with a check. Because it is the first of the month.

Ooooh - someone’s knockin’ at the door. Better see who it is.

UPDATE:

We made it. But there are a few stray branches in our yard. I fully expect whoever the acting director of FEMA is to come and clean this stuff up before noon. Why is nobody at FEMA answering the phone this morning?!?

Posted by Preston Taylor Holmes @ 8:58 pm
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1. Did you try Crawford? It is, after all, a Congressional Recess. No point being in DC.

   comment by chip — Friday, April 7, 2006 @ 9:20 pm

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2. “Easy to be cruel”
   “Easy to say no”
   Oh, sorry about that, the mind drifts. Wicked! Wicked! Good luck up there.

   comment by allen — Friday, April 7, 2006 @ 9:52 pm

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3. Phil Bredesen doesn’t care about Trailer People. After storms tore through here last week, we were still left defenseless! Tens of thousands of undocumented workers were caught without windbreakers and umbrellas.

   Dozens of tacowagons have been lost. Es muy mal.

   Why wasn’t there a wall (much like the one separating Church and State) built to protect us from winds blowing over our borders from our tornado prone neighbors??? Arkansas, I’m looking in your direction.

   Being the 3rd fattest state, we ran out of food like two hours ago. We’ve already looted the Food Town but global warming is causing all the ice cream to melt. That’s the only explanation that makes any sense.

   If we don’t get some supplies flown in soon, we’re going to have to resort to..*gasp*…cannibalism. And start raping each other like a Duke LaCrosse party at the Superdome.

   Help Mr. President! Our Governor is incompetent enough to run for your job!

   comment by Smantix — Friday, April 7, 2006 @ 10:00 pm

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4. It’s a-stormin’ here pretty good now. Funny how the TeeVee Nooz was all breathless and was giving the storm their rapt attention for hours. Then the first wave blew through, went mostly north of Knoxville and not much happened. (I thought Todd was going to have a joygasm going on about storm cells, right hooks, tornadic activity, etc etc … until Robin reminded him that the storms that were so exciting to him had already killed ten people.)
   Anyway … the second wave is here, bearing down directly on Knoxville, and the TeeVee is back on their “regularly scheduled broadcast” … I guess the advertisers starting screaming or something.

   Stay safe! And dry!

   comment by LissaKay — Friday, April 7, 2006 @ 10:13 pm

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5. When the San Andreas pegs the Richter at 9.9 and we here in San Diego succumb to aenima http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/TOOL/Aenima.html
   and break off into the Pacific, where the hell will Chimpy McHitler be to prevent this unforseen (but, predictable) tragedy that lays demise to some 3+ million people?!

   comment by Yiddish Steel — Friday, April 7, 2006 @ 11:59 pm

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6. Its me!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Preston old dude, how the heck are ya, quite a nasty storm out there, timed precisely to divert attention from the leak story, good ol’Karl.

   comment by Jane — Saturday, April 8, 2006 @ 1:11 am

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7. You people are missing the bigger picture. Bush’s callous disregard for Kyoto spawned these ginormous twisters.

   By not expending the hot air on rhetoric like our European counterparts, a low pressure system developed.

   comment by Cranky — Saturday, April 8, 2006 @ 8:58 am

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8. Jane! I thought the Yemeni government might have you locked up by now. Nice to see you!

   This line deserves a post of its own, Cranky:

   “By not expending the hot air on rhetoric like our European counterparts, a low pressure system developed.”

   comment by Preston Taylor Holmes — Saturday, April 8, 2006 @ 9:04 am

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9. California will be destroyed in the very near future for letting that God Damn idiot Mahoney build that awful pagan like cathedral.
   Not so sure what all the destruction in Tenn is about. CBN has yet to take responsibility for that one!

   Seriously, glad you guys escaped the storm.

   comment by SinCerely — Saturday, April 8, 2006 @ 3:06 pm

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10. Preston! Only I get to sweep you off your feet! No mere “wind” is allowed to do such things!

    comment by Feisty — Monday, April 10, 2006 @ 12:34 am

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11. Very funny, Preston. But Smantix’s response is just plain hilarious. He should probably blog somewhere. Or do stand up.

    comment by AnonymousDrivel — Monday, April 10, 2006 @ 4:51 pm

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12. You could not be more right AnonymousDrivel. But what sort of tasteless, lunatic, rightwing site, that caters to the worst in humanity, would let somebody like me defile their bandwidth and subsequent reputations?

    comment by Smantix — Tuesday, April 11, 2006 @ 10:58 pm

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13. Smantix,

    Good question. You are very wise, too, Obi-wan san. Perhaps a highbrow think tank with lots of blue commentary is in your future. Why waste your talents contributing to a dump?

    comment by AnonymousDrivel — Wednesday, April 12, 2006 @ 12:48 am

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14. Well, we’ll just have to part ways on that one AD unless you’re being sarcastic. Preston and Cranky are two of the consistently funniest and insightful guys I read. And there’s a lot of competition in that category.

    The Buffet was an Institution before me as it would remain were I not here.

    In the interim…

    Wounded am I by my happiness: all sufferers shall be physicians unto me!

    To my friends can I again go down, and also to mine enemies!
    [...]
    Like a cry and an huzza will I traverse wide seas, till I find the Happy Isles where my friends sojourn;-

    And mine enemies amongst them! How I now love every one unto whom I may but speak! Even mine enemies pertain to my bliss.

    And when I want to mount my wildest horse, then doth my spear always help me up best: it is my foot’s ever ready servant:–

    The spear which I hurl at mine enemies! How grateful am I to mine enemies that I may at last hurl it!

    Or however that should be interpreted.

    comment by Smantix — Wednesday, April 12, 2006 @ 1:24 am

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15. Smantix,

    I keed, I keed. The staff usually makes coffee exit either my left or right nostril. Your post just happened to draw it from both.

    As far as that high-falutin’ talk (*** passing hand over head with accompanying whooshing sound ***)… my head just ’sploded. Between that and the coffee, you’re causing quite a mess.

    comment by AnonymousDrivel — Wednesday, April 12, 2006 @ 6:42 am

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16. Whew, thank God. I was starting to take these slings and arrows personally.

    comment by Preston Taylor Holmes — Wednesday, April 12, 2006 @ 8:30 am

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