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February 20th 05, 05:58 PM

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Telamon wrote:
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I heard on the news tonight that so californica had 2 twisters. I bet
that is an odd happening. We get them every spring here in Kentucky
and Ihate the damn things. Hope neither of you were close,and that
you all don't get covered by mudslides. The weather can suck at
times. We are supossed to have a minor ice storm tonight. The last
one we had left my parents with out power for 7 days. Terry

They are very rare. I have only heard of them occurring in the last few
years. I heard a report that there were three tornados today and at
least one of them caused damage.

That's because the local boosters down there didn't want to scare off
the folks moving in from Kansas back during the boom years, so the
local media called them "Microbursts". There's a chapter on this in
_Ecology of Fear_ by Mike Davis, an L.A. area writer.

That is a first in California I think.

As I remember the book, it's more like two a year in the L.A. area.
Interesting things happen when the local newspaper company is also
a big real estate developer.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident