Sideways Rain or “Why There Was No Double-Sonic-Boom in FL Today”

December 2, 2008 By jbb 1 Comment

Rain beating against my bedroom window, stormwarnings playing on the TV in the background. It did get heavier. Crazy. It was bad enough that NASA decided to redirect the Space Shuttle Endeavor to land in CA. Damn.

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Michelle says:

December 5, 2008 at 12:22 am

On the up side, I got to hear it!

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