Happy Birthday Champ

Today is Champ's 1st birthday

Oh yeah...



Celeste also finished her last final. We'll be back soon. Me for a few days and Celeste for the summer

That Blows

So there wasn't much sleeping going on in the England household last night. At about 1:30 am, we were awaken by the loudest wind I have ever heard. Before attempting to go back to sleep, I checked the weather information on my phone and it said that our area was getting 40 mph winds. Now, that is the regular wind, not the gusts. According to the local newspaper, the Warr Acres area, which is about a half-mile from our apartment, reported 70 mph gusts. I believe that is pretty much the same speed that blew over the Dallas Cowboys' preactice bubble and paralyzed a team scout.

Anywho, apparently the roads were a mess of power lines this morning, but since I don't commute to work, this doesn't bother me much. As far as personal damage, one of my dog-walking flip-flops that I keep outside the door was missing this morning. Luckily, I was able to spot it in the middle of the courtyard.

At least the wind was blowing from the south which means temps in the high 80's today!

Happy Anniversary

So it has been a little while since either of us has posted, but I think that this is a pretty good follow-up to the last one I did.

Yesterday was the 10-year anniversary of the THE most destructive tornado in Unites States history, based on dollar damages. I don't know the whole story behind this thing, but it completely tore up the OKC suburb of Moore, killing a bunch of people in its path. I also have heard that the tornado sirens malfunctioned, which led to the current mandatory testing of them every saturday at noon.

Take a look at this crazy footage


F5 TORNADO! From Moore, OK On May 3, 1999