Yikes

Excitement in Morris—big thunderstorm just blew through, taking out trees up & down the street, including one that came within inches of annihilating my car. The power is out, & it may be a while before it comes back.

No tornadoes, at least, but the worst part is that it hit while my wife is driving home, and now she's very late…and of course her cell phone is off, and probably buried in that mess in her bag. Grrrr.


She's made it home! And the power just came back, 20 minutes before Futurama! See, Jesus really does love me.

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