Out

Moby, do you want to go out?

"Meh, whatever."




"Yes of course, open the door."


"Oh, sun, good, finally."


"This grass is very dry."



"But this is acceptable."




Moby has some bald spots on the backs of his legs. We don't know why, but they are becoming more pronounced. It's certainly not because he lays on rough concrete all day. More like bed, sofa, blankets, robes, sheepskin, polartech. We presume it's just that he's getting cat-pattern baldness.


Some links today, but start at Neatorama, I stole them all from there.

The cake, a work of art in sugar.

The virtues of non-theism. None of which surprizes me, obviously.

And you may want to stay in your car if you are facing a tornado and there isn't a sturdy building very close by. No good link, so, just the citation here.


Tornado Safety - Cars Vs. Ditches: A Controversy. Dr. Greg Forbes from The Weather Channel takes a look at a growing debate: is it safer for commuters to ride out a tornado in their cars (with all the built-in safety equipment) or go into a nearby ditch: "About two weeks ago I came back to work after a rare day off and found a letter on my desk from the American Red Cross. It indicated that their organization was changing some of their tornado safety rules. Some of those changes are at odds with safety rules advocated by the National Weather Service (NWS), and that has created a controversy! Click here for the new American Red Cross tornado safety rules. Click here for the NWS tornado safety rules , found within this brochure. Part of the basis for the change in American Red Cross policy was studies by researcher Tom Schmidlin, who found that a relatively small percentage of vehicles are overturned, tossed, and demolished in tornadoes. The NWS recommends that if you are being overtaken in your car by a tornado, then you should get out of the car and into a nearby building or ditch. The new American Red Cross recommendation is that if no building is available, stay in the car - get out of the car and into a ditch only as a last resort. Crouch down with your seat belt on and your head below the windshield level.

What are the pros and cons? Here is a partial list.

Hazards of getting out of the car and into a ditch:
flying and tumbling debris may land on you, possibly even your vehicle
heavy rain may fill the ditch and threaten drowning, particularly if you are pinned down by debris
you may be pummeled by hail
you are at risk from lightning

No snow today. Should be more like spring this week to come. Now, just flooding to watch for.