Monday, February 24, 2003 |
14:42 - A tremendous EXPLOSION... in timber prices
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You know-- it occurs to me, all of a sudden, that people in the Midwest are doubly lucky.
For one thing, they're not in a high terrorism risk zone to begin with.
And for another, they get thunderstorms. Like on a regular basis.
So when the air lights up outside in a BLINDING FLASH, followed almost immediately by a TEN-SECOND-LONG BOOMING CRACKLING CATACLYSM, they don't immediately wonder whether someone snuck a tactical-nuke into the Port of Oakland in a shipping container.
Sheesh. The numbing niceness of the weather around here has its downside.
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