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June 5, 2017
Man of the West
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 5, 2017 9:05 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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His "to do" list . . .
Posted by: Dr. Jay Worth Allen at June 5, 2017 9:17 AM
Emblematic of America's attitude to Islam right now.
Posted by: ahem at June 5, 2017 9:40 AM
That grass ain't gonna' cut itself.
Posted by: BillH at June 5, 2017 1:15 PM
That mower is an industrial grade quad blade hi-vac mulcher with a 27 hp v-twin turbo and when that ignorant tornado gets close he'll flip that mower upside down and run for the cellar and watch the ensuing battle as that mower sucks that tornado right down into it's gullet and instantly farts that powder puff out thru the turbo.
Posted by: ghostsniper at June 5, 2017 2:57 PM
ahem, amen.
Posted by: Denny at June 5, 2017 3:15 PM
Injecting a bit of mordant reality here:
My next door neighbor as a similar wood fence. When Hurricane Ike made it's journey through the area a few years back, a funnel cloud dropped in on the other side of next door (approx 400yds away).
The amount of destruction that the wooden slats from that fence caused was truly impressive. There were slashes cut in my roof that looked like a giant utility knife had been used; each one corresponded to a missing slat in his fence.
(That's what I think of when I see funnel clouds and wood fences.)
Posted by: ed in texas at June 5, 2017 5:07 PM
Please note.
The person mowing is pleased that the tornado by-passed his yard and is distantly spinning away,
busying itself harmlessly. Toto, Dorothy, and the Wizard are likewise dervishly delighted.
Posted by: Howard Nelson at June 5, 2017 7:33 PM
I've lived in Kansas for ~40 years and seen only one tornado. It was a mile away, but almost a mile wide. With them spinning it is difficult to tell which way they are actually moving. Around here the best time to meet your neighbors is when the tornado sirens go off, because most everybody will be outside looking to the SW.
Posted by: Snakepit Kansas at June 7, 2017 4:24 AM
The prevailing winds are from the SW here too. Was leaving a business the other day at noon when the siren went off, I was about 75' from the tower. Loudest thing I ever heard. I stood there watching it go around, mesmerized. It was a once a month test and I just happened to be there. My wife was about 4 miles away at our house and didn't hear it.
Posted by: ghostsniper at June 7, 2017 11:56 AM