Is Arkin really The Amazing Larry?
Karl from Leaning Straight Up, hips us to a little time switcharoo at William Arkin’s blog. The post that appeared mysteriously this morning, now has a new timestamp. Instead of 5:31 AM 02/01/07 – It is now 5:31 PM. Amazing – and now all is right with the world.
Come to think of it, there is a resemblance.
Tornadic activity in Florida
Florida was definitely hit hard overnight – the worst time for tornadoes. People just don’t get the warnings and it’s evident in this case:
Strong Storms Destroy, Kill Overnight
The Associated Press says authorities have encountered an unknown number of fatalities, and quotes a Lake County sheriff’s dispatcher as saying there is “every kind of damage you can think of.”
WESH-TV reports “several” deaths.
“This situation is much more grave than we ever imagined,” said WESH-TV reporter Amanda Ober in a live report. Ober says the damage is most severe in mobile home parks and that the Lady Lake Assembly of God Church is completely destroyed.
Lake County spokesperson Christopher Patton says the county’s emergency operations center has been activated to coordinate the government’s search and rescue efforts.
Meanwhile, only one Lake County school is closed today. “All other schools are open today with expected delays,” Patton said in a statement.
Several tornado warnings were posted for Volusia County and surrounding areas this morning. The National Weather Service expected several strong storm cells to impact a wide stretch of the state, extending from west to east for at least 50 miles.
Damage reports began pouring in around 4 a.m.
Storm Team 8 Meteorologist John Winter says there have been no immediate reports of damage in the Tampa Bay area as the western edge of the front passed over the peninsula.
However, Winter said, localized flooding is likely this morning. Doppler radar estimates some northern parts of the Tampa Bay area may have received four to six inches of rain overnight.
Florida’s Department of Emergency Management says damage assessment teams are
headed to Central Florida to assess the aftermath. WESH-TV says at least one shelter is open.
Progress energy reports power outages are currently impacting 20,000 central Florida customers.
In 1998, more than a half dozen tornadoes touched down in roughly the same area of Central Florida, killing 42 people and inuring 265 others, according to weather service records.
According to Preston Cooke, Orange County Emergency Preparedness Division, who is being interviewed on Fox News right now, they don’t use sirens in that area but encourage people to use weather radios for potential threats.
I hate to say this, but I wonder when the claims of Global Warming will enter into this news story?
Punxsutawney Phil comes through – Happy Groundhogs’ Day!
Now that’s a marketing campaign.
Okay, here’s the real video
Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – A new pair of hands pulled him from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that Punxsutawney Phil offered a new prediction.
The groundhog did not see his shadow Friday which, according to German folklore, means folks can expect an early spring instead of six more weeks of winter.
Since 1886, Phil has seen his shadow 96 times, hasn’t seen it 14 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The last time Phil failed to see his shadow was in 1999.
More evidence of Global Warming?!?
Lawyer’s nightmare – two dipsticks
On the slightest chance you didn’t see these two goobers yesterday on Fox (over and over and over) – here they are again in all their elegance and eloquence.
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Video no longer available, see Hot Air link below to view.
Oh, by the way, they’re called “pranksters” now. Is that what we’re calling marketers or artists these days?
As usual, more at Hot Air with some commenters placing blame with the Boston police.
Mystery post of William Arkin
Where did that come from?
The Arrogant and Intolerant Speak Out
A Note to My Readers on Supporting the Troops
New Middle East Commander Correctly Stays in His Lane
See that post tucked in the middle – it wasn’t there yesterday. In fact, The Arrogant and Intolerant Speak Out, only appeared on his side bar on the front page for a short time yesterday and the post itself was on the front page for a very short time.
I popped over there today and see the Arrogant post along with this new mystery post A Note to my Readers on Supporting the Troops. And the timestamps make it VERY interesting.
Arrogant timestamp: Posted at 09:39 AM ET, 02/ 1/2007
Note to my Readers timestamp: Posted at 05:31 AM ET, 02/ 1/2007
First comment under Note to my Readers:
You’re a jerk, Arkin.
Posted by: Matt | February 1, 2007 05:47 PM
First comment under Arrogant:
Being subjected to such things isn’t fun, is it?…
{snipped}
…Keep in mind how all your words affect them, not just the ones you direct at them.
Posted by: Matt | February 1, 2007 04:08 PM
Now, it’s not so much that the timestamp of the comment on Arrogant comes before that of the Note to my Readers first comment – it’s the question of where are all the comments that were there before 4:08 PM yesterday for Arrogant and why were they removed? Is it because they want us to think that the “apologetic” Note to my Readers came first?
Leaning Straight Up analyzes the apology more closely.
Poetry at Michelle Malkin’s blog.
NFL says NO to Church Superbowl Bash
It’s become sort of a “thing” to attend Super Bowl parties at churches – I’ve never done it and because of the NFL’s decision, I guess I never will.
NFL’s lawyers sack church’s game plan
The thousands of churches across the country that want to host Super Bowl parties Sunday night had better not pull out big-screen TVs, or they could face the wrath of NFL attorneys.
The NFL is telling Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis that the church’s plans to use a wall projector to show the game at a party for church members and guests would violate copyright laws.
NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek’s “Super Bowl Bash” on the church Web site last week and sent pastor John D. Newland a letter — via FedEx overnight — demanding the party be canceled.
Initially, the league objected to the church’s plan to charge partygoers a fee to attend and that the church used the license-protected words “Super Bowl” in its promotions.Newland told the NFL his church would not charge partygoers — the fee had been intended only to pay for snacks — and that it would drop the use of the forbidden words.
But the NFL wouldn’t bite. It objected to the church’s plans to use a projector to show the game on what effectively was a 12-foot-wide screen. It said the law limits the church to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.
The league even took exception to the church’s plan to influence nonmembers with a video highlighting the Christian testimonies of Colts coach Tony Dungy and Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith.
The message on Falls Creek Baptist Church website:
Fall Creek Baptist Church Family…
We regret to inform you that we have had to cancel our bash to view the Colts game this Sunday in a family friendly environment due to the fact that the NFL believes we would be in violation of the Copyright Act, because we had planned to show the game on a screen bigger than a 55 inch diagonal. We have appealed to their legal counsel and exhausted all options without success. We have been informed that the only exceptions to view the game are given to sports bars and restaurants. While we have argued that we only intend to provide a family oriented environment that will make no profit from the showing, the NFL claims that our event cannot proceed by law. Therefore, we have no choice but to challenge this in court or cancel the event. We choose to cancel the event. We deeply regret that we have been prohibited by the NFL from providing a family friendly environment for celebrating the Colts great season.
Pastor John
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