Tim Attwood wrote:
>> I recall that there was an accident here in town several years ago that was 
>> also a wrong-place-wrong-time type also.  A lady jogger was killed when a 
>> large branch from an old tree fell and crushed
>> her.  She was found when a crew came to cut the branch up to haul it away. 
>> I always wondered if she had been discovered earlier if she would have 
>> lived...
> 
> Yesterday there was a tornado (f2) near Portland, Oregon,
> an old lady out walking her bull mastif was blown 20 feet
> into a cyclone fence and pinned there by the wind, with
> her dog, for 10 or 20 seconds... I wonder what the chances
> of such puns occuring would be. 

Speaking of which, I was at work when someone came in and asked if we'd 
heard about the Tornado alert.

I (literally) laughed at him, thinking it was a joke.  Then I realized 
they'd done quite a few "tests" of the Emergency Broadcast System that 
morning, and maybe I should pay attention to the next one.

Vancouver (which is where the tornado actually was) hasn't had a tornado 
since 1976, so it was quite unexpected!

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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