Waiting for the apocalypse...
in other words, this coming storm. At least that's what it seems to be like, the way the media and weather forecasts keep going on and on about it. The storm is supposed to cause big damage, in the form of hail, F3 tornadoes and such, just like the storms that passed through Tennessee and Kentucky today. It's annoying though. When I woke up this morning, the forecast said the storm would hit around noon or 1 pm. So I decided to skip my afternoon classes so I wouldn't be caught in both traffic and the rain. Not that I actually go to class... Anyway, I got home, ate lunch, watched some computer, and it was bright and sunny outside. So I checked the forecast...the storm should hit around 3. Okay, fine. Then comes 3 pm. Bright and sunny. The storm should hit around 6... It is not 10:30-ish, and not a drop of rain. We've been on tornado watch since this morning, and originally, the tornado watch was supposed to end around 8 pm. So now, it's supposed to hit around midnight. It's like Chicken Little...the sky is falling! All the schools apparently let out around noon because they were so worried about this storm. Ha! Stupid storm. Stupid forecasts. Oh well.
Anyway, to pass the time, this birthday meme stolen from Auburn Lori...
Go to Wikipedia.com, type in your birthdate but not the year, and then in your LJ put in 4 cool events, 3 births, and 2 deaths.
Events:
* 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
* 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
* 1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
* 2003 - U.S. plan to invade Iraq: Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.
Births
* 1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twin actresses (d. 1969)
* 1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
* 1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player
Deaths
* 995 - William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
* 1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871) (He invented the mechanical pencil!)
Anyway, to pass the time, this birthday meme stolen from Auburn Lori...
Go to Wikipedia.com, type in your birthdate but not the year, and then in your LJ put in 4 cool events, 3 births, and 2 deaths.
Events:
* 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
* 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
* 1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
* 2003 - U.S. plan to invade Iraq: Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.
Births
* 1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twin actresses (d. 1969)
* 1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
* 1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player
Deaths
* 995 - William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
* 1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871) (He invented the mechanical pencil!)