So it stands to reason they don't fear tornadoes much either. I wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires protection from tornadoes? Most likely too many people demand their freedom from intrusive building codes.
How many are below 75.
How many are below 75.
What are you talking about???
It wasn't considered worthwhile to design for tornadoes until now.
Add Dixie Alley to the long list of things I haven't heard of.
The location of the high tornado risk area seems to vary with who is reporting it.
I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed church.
Sylvia.
Randy Newman has a song.
Sounds about right.
Sylvia.
Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?
Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing very clearly that he doesn't give a stuff about them, so that in future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time for something they actually like doing.
But probably not.
Sylvia.
It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.
Yes, but it requires a considerable degree of double-think on their part to explain the destruction of their church. I suppose the church might have belonged to a rival denomination, but the report I saw indicated that it was their church.
Sylvia.
Indeed.
Doublethink and/or ignorance is, of course, a required attribute :(
Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their distress?
Phil Hobbs
Or even better, not indulging in something they merely like but something that might do them good, like understanding statistics...
Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.
I'm just reporting what some religious people actually do to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples, see history books and newspapers.
But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in distress in the first place.
Reminds me of a kid who breaks a leg of his hamster and then expects praise because he plays doctor so nicely for the rest of the day.
Gerhard
That's Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
"Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: An Alarming Face of Child Abuse"
I was in one of those red dots, in Louisiana. It lifted the roof off our house about an inch and dropped it back down. I had to go into the attic and pound down about a hundred nail heads sticking up.
It wasn't bad otherwise, some fence damage and some shingles ripped off the roof. Down there, the real killers are hurricanes.
The US gets a lot of dramatic weather. A couple of feet of snow in the sierras yesterday.
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