PS - Jim Cantore VS. Tree Branch ...

 

So I mentioned in my last post (and many other times) my irrational fear of the Almighty JC (Jim Cantore, not Jesus Christ, though some do confuse them) showing up anywhere near me again, including in my last post, after  he showed up three times in the 2004/2005 record hurricane season while living in Pensacola, like the freakin' harbinger of doom, right?

Here he is in Punta Gorda, yesterday, just as Ian began, almost getting taken out by a tree branch.

At least he wears a baseball helmet for protection now, and yet still, this is what happens when you think you're "American invincible" and show off during a hurricane.  

Well, at least he's a little less inappropriately gleeful, now, and doesn't do pushups during them anymore?

And yet ... *sigh* ... why? 

I saw this live and just SMH.

So are we all supposed to clap for him or-?

;)

Don't get me wrong, he IS a good meteorologist, and I don't want to see anyone get hurt, but back in the day - doing pushups in the hurricanes to show off how tough he thinks he is, then quickly flying back to Atlanta to safety -  doing literally nothing to actually help anyone devastated by the hurricanes - it got on my very last nerve, so I couldn't help but snicker - sorry.

Okay, he is good, but when I moved back to Kentucky, I thought I would never have to see that man in my town again, but in 2011, he was here in Lexington before a tornado, but then moved on to Indiana.  

Mark woke me up and said, "Get up, Jim Cantore's here."

        Me:  "Oh, you're hilarious."

Mark:  "No, seriously, they think the tornado is going to hit here now."

I had my boots on over my pajamas, one of Mark's riding helmets on, dragging him out the door to the car to go to a underground parking garage before he could finish that sentence ;)  lol.

However, Jim then moved on to Jeffersonville, Indiana before that devastating tornado hit.

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PS - Family is fine, thank goodness, as of last night, but phones are likely out of charge by now 

Good ole' Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts is always open the next day, though, for such things, by the way, but be careful - downed powerlines are a problem, especially in water. 

We're all just now getting images of the devastation ... 

Though none of this is funny, of course, gotta grab a smile when you can, right? 

So I have to add, here, though, that back in the day, my prior stepson (from my first marriage)  said:    

"Dad, don't go outside, Dan Powerlines will get you, he's dangerous!"

So being 6 years old, at the time, he thought the news people were saying "Dan Powerlines," like a person, instead of "downed power lines"  aw -  LOL!