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[flemmings]

This, dammit, is why I hate going outside in thunderstorms. That happened just down the street. Seriously, guys-- quite apart from huge falling branches, now a major hazard in this city of aging trees, when a storm moves in you get the frick inside. It's called common sense. (There's a convenience store just across the street, FWIW, that'd have been much safer as a shelter. It's not like you can't *see* a storm approaching from the hill above Christie Pits.)

In other news, read a good-natured BL manga, loosely titled On the Road with the White Dragon (no dragons, just a possibly pseudo-Buddhist monk with Daoistic powers), by the Hitodenashi mangaka, for once doing a genki uke and considerate seme. Possibly this is why there's no sequel, though there does seem to be another in the Shinsengumi series. (Three years since I reviewed those? Dear god, time flies.)

Comments

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Downtown city thinking is that the buildings are always taller than the trees, ergo trees are safe. None of this is true at Christie Pits.

[avalonjones.livejournal.com]

Think of it as evolution in action. The weak get weeded out; the strong survive. Childhood vaccination has negated a lot of natural selection these days, but the gene pool still needs to be skimmed. Although it's sad to read that the guy was apparently reading when the lightning struck...at least he was a reader.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

ah man.
I could see how being in the city would have overwritten natural lightning safety thoughts. Cities seem like protective shells against Nature.

Still, standing under a tree? duuuuuude.

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, thunderstorms. I miss those! Though we did have a big one here last week.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

I wish I had the opportunity to miss them. They do nothing for me but set my nevres aquiver. Clearly I am part dog.