If you’ve ever wondered what the phrase “wild west” really means, come hang out at Howdygram headquarters with Sam and me next time there’s severe weather. Today was definitely one for the record books. For the last three hours we’ve been slammed with relentless thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, torrential rain and wailing sirens. Sam — who’s at home today — monitored the skies for us by vaulting back and forth from the patio to the front door, and a couple of times he even ushered us into the “safe room” (the walk-in closet in our master suite) with beverages and a lantern, just in case. We didn’t lose power here and a tornado didn’t touch down in Mesquite (as far as I know), but there’s plenty of damage all around us. Please see the photos below — courtesy of a local news website — for your possible interest.
Incidentally, it’s still thundering and raining as I write this post ... and it’s so dark outside you’d think it’s 10 p.m. instead of 5 in the afternoon. Holy crap. It’s enough to make a girl want Loma Linda fake meat in a can and Vlasic pickles for dinner.
In other news, it seems that “Octomom” Nadya Suleman has been approved to receive food stamps from the state of California, a development that’s drawing death threats and mass hysteria on the Internet. The mother of 14 will receive $2,000 per month in public assistance on a debit card that can only be used to buy
food. She can, however, fund additional plastic surgery and fertility treatments with the $8,000 she received for posing topless for a British tabloid.
And I guess that’s about all for now, okay? I want to keep Sam company in the family room for a while and think about my next meal. Thank you for reading this.
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