Ok, the whole flying sheep thing is ceasing to amuse me... I've had exactly four and a half hours of sleep. I could have gotten more, BUT MY BATHTUB WAS UNCOMFORTABLE!
Family in storm shelter and How to ruin a teenagers' Friday night!
Bush Declares Oklahoma a Disaster Area
OKLAHOMA CITY - Homeowners collected scattered belongings Saturday after the second tornado to strike the city in as many days skipped through some neighborhoods and spared others, part of the nation's worst one-week barrage of tornadoes on record.
President Bush issued a disaster declaration for the entire state Saturday, clearing the way for federal aid.
The enormous tornado tore across the city's outskirts during the dark late Friday, jumping from spot to spot along a southwest-to-northeast swath.
At least five people were injured, one critically, "which is unbelievable when you look at the pictures and that it went right across the metro," said Paul O'Leary, a spokesman for the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
Friday night's twister first touched down in Oklahoma City south of Interstate 40, moved north into the suburbs of Bethany and Warr Acres and then moved back into Oklahoma City along I-35, said police Sgt. Mike Klika. It then turned northeast back along I-44 and tracked toward Tulsa.
Tornadoes, floods and other severe weather have killed 44 people in Missouri, Tennessee, Kansas, Georgia and Illinois in the past week.
Poor Bush just can't catch a break. I'm sitting here, reading this story, actually praising Bush's quick action of declaring OK a disaster area. I was wondering, out loud, why we were declared a D.A. so quickly when we haven't had a single death, and compared to some other states who appeared to be much more heavily damaged. I asked Captain America (the boyfriend) why this was, he looked dead at me, with a wicked grin and said "We got all the oil." This is Captain America we're talking about. He's a flag-wavin', war whore'n, frothing-at-the-mouth, rightie. Proving once again that God does, indeed, have a sense of humor.
So in conclusion, Toto, apparently we're NOT in Kansas anymore. I'm praising Bush and he's calling it like it is. If anybody wants me, I'll be in the shower, sleeping...
