Domestic Geek

OK, so mother nature decided she was bored and decided to shake things up today in the New York area. The Niagra Falls power grid that supplies power to New York, Detroit, Cleveland, parts of Canada, etc. shut down this afternoon. It's been really hot there and an awful lot of people live in that area. Am I the only one who didn't automatically jump to the conclusion that it was a terrorist act? Nobody was negligent, these things happen from time to time. The story right now is that it was a result of a lightening strike.

I was just watching "Passions" on my Dish (we've got the East/West coast packages) and the program was interrupted by news of a car that had plowed through a Santa Monica, CA farmer's market. Several people were killed, many more injured. An elderly man driving a maroon car was at fault. Some witnesses think he was having a heart attack. Others say the man seemed fine. They just interviewed the police chief Butts and he said it was the worst accident he'd seen in 30 years. He said the most horrific part was a crushed two-year-old child. How tragic. I really hope this wasn't intentional.

I have purposely not been writing much about the Iraq war here, but I just had to make a note about this. I had tears in my eyes today watching the Iraqi civilians tearing down the Saddam statue in Baghdad.

The weather guy on channel 2 is talking about the possibility of a storm hitting the metro area on Tuesday that could be as bad as the blizzard of '97. Ok, I know we need moisture because we're in a drought here and all, but please, not all at once! Especially not after a beautiful week of 70-degree weather. I hope it's just bored weather people hoping for something to do.

I almost forgot to mention that Elizabeth Smart was found alive today (she was the Utah teenager kidnapped from her bed nine months ago). Yay, I'm sooooo happy for her and her family.