I grew up in tornado alley and of course there is quite a bit of difference between the two. One major difference that keeps coming to my mind is the length of time. Tornadoes are “wham bam thank ya ma’am,” whereas Sandy (which is no longer being called a hurricane) is like the Eveready Bunny… just keeps going and going and going…. I’ll take my tornadoes.
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Mitt Romney’s Logo Totally Looks Like…. 7
Ha! Saw this today making it’s round on the virtual waves. Romika is a shoe company out of Germany.
Bishop arrested as #OWS protesters tear down fence to get to Duarte Square | Photos 8
On Saturday, a retired bishop was among more than 50 people arrested after the Occupy Wall Street movement stormed another New York City park in an attempt to find a new home.
Former Episcopal bishop George E. Packard was led away in cuffs after climbing a ladder to illegally enter Juan Pablo Duarte Square in the west SoHo neighbourhood of the city during the demo. More…
Scantily-clad ‘slutwalk’ women march in New York 2
Protesters dressed in their underwear have taken to the streets of New York Sunday, Oct 2, 2011. after it emerged the NYPD were warning women in Brooklyn to cover up in the face of sex attacks.
The latest ‘slutwalk’ protest comes a day after women in Park Slope were warned short skirts should not be worn and shorts that show too much leg have been deemed inappropriate.
Occupy Wall Street | 700 arrested on Brooklyn Bridge NY | Photos Video Reply
More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police.
The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a plaza in Manhattan’s Financial District for nearly two weeks staging various marches, and had orchestrated an impromptu trek to Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. They walked in thick rows on the sidewalk up to the bridge, where some demonstrators spilled onto the roadway after being told to stay on the pedestrian pathway, police said.
