[sully777]

Just a few thoughts:

The fast moving, high energy Ivan hitting a cold front makes the danger worse for twisters.

The I-95 tornado should be watched. Tornadoes follow established paths generally, though not always. This one caught my attention, as well as the tornadoes on posts 95 and 133. Post 133 was BIG.

The tornado in the Chesapeake is officially changed to waterspout which makes it gay sounding thus doing no harm to heterosexually named watercraft. No doubt the twister will not damage the underwater tunnel system (that one was for all the Barney Frank posts).

The Sharpsburg reenactment during a raging super outbreak is a hoot. Those guys are diehards. Ironic really.

Stay safe.

[Exit148]

I spoke to a son's family in Ashburn. They had had some kids (ages 10 to 13) over for pizza,and were planning on going to a a local football game. They herded the kids and pizza to the basement to wait it out. They said the kids were great but serious and funny. One boy said they had better go easy on the pizza, as they didn't know just how long they would have to stay holed up!

As of 10PM, their power was still out. Evidently one of the twisters came down down the road from them.

I just heard that the confluence of two weather systems -- Ivan, and something coming in from the West,--- was the cause of so many tornados in that area.

[American in Israel]

In other news the Bush road map plan for the destruction of Israel is still on track.

Gaza is a millstone about the neck of the USA.

[OXENinFLA]

Major Tornado Outbreak Underway in Washington D.C. Area

And the British aren't even invading.............

[King Prout]

any word on Herndon?
I have lots of kinfolk up there.