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   Thursday, November 10, 2005

   TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER

We've had wild weather in Toronto this week -- severe winds on Sunday, a massive thunderstorm yesterday at lunch -- but who knew that Hamilton would get the tornado? We're still not sure is was a tornado proper but, hey, if it rips the roof of a school, I'm willing to call it one.

I called my friend Tara as soon as I heard and she told me that only Hamilton's 'mountain' was truly affected (so mother, sister, niece -- all fine). I got on the phone to the family living up there but kept getting a machine. Worrisome. I finally called my aunt who lives somewhat close to them and she too said things were okay and that I shouldn't worry. I'll try again tonight.

The stretch between Barrie and Sarnia has been referred to as "Ontario's tornado belt." The only one I recall in my hometown touched down in the late seventies. I remember being in school when, almost instantly, the sky outside turned a grey dark enough to be called black. We crowded around the windows, watching day turn to night, as the school PA began calling everyone to assemble in the gym. Some kids were afraid but most of us were just too interested in it all for terror to set it. I've tried to keep that mindset since.

The only question that remains is why -- what did Hamilton do to deserve a tornado? After the year of terrifying weather we've endured, we need some perspective on it all. We need a journalist like CNN's Wolf Blitzer:

Biblical proportions again. The tsunami, the hurricanes and now the South Asia earthquake, why some see signs the end of days may be near.

Sodom. Gommorah. New Orleans. Hamilton.
It all makes sense now!

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