A Pox on Google

My Sitemeter has been overrrun with Google searches. I don't mind having 10 visitors a day when I know half of them are Paul, but it irks me to have triple that number and the additions are Googlers.

And yes, my stats are pathetic and sad, but I don't exactly advertise, so it's all good.
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An update on tornado stuff (because I have a one-track mind)...

I'm not linking the source to this (the college paper) because they require registration. You'll just have to trust me:

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials updated the number of households affected by last week's tornadoes Wednesday - more than tripling the previous estimate.

FEMA assessors originally counted 305 households affected during the April 13 tornadoes, but a second look showed 1,061 houses were actually affected.

Also, our tornado was clocked around 150 mph and was classified an F2. Here's the difference between an F2 and F3, and I think we could make the argument it was a weak F3:

• F2: 113-157 mph. Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars overturned; large trees snapped or uprooted; light-object missiles generated; cars lifted off ground.

• F3: 158-206 mph. Severe damage. Roofs and some walls torn off well-constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in forest uprooted; heavy cars lifted off the ground and thrown.

I think the age of the buildings that lost walls worked against us.

Posted by Jenelle at April 20, 2006 01:09 PM | TrackBack