HenryBowman

HenryBowman

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2 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Bus service for specia... · 0 replies · +2 points

AMEN!!

2 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Ouch – gas price... · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree with you. Good weekend for staying close to home.

2 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Strong thunderstorms h... · 0 replies · +1 points

washcomom- Nice video but I'm not sure I'd stand still if I saw a tornado on the horizon. My wife and I have something even more frightening in our wedding photos: It's my evil, ex-stepmother. Actually, she might be riding her broomstick past the tornado in the video...

21 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Classes canceled at Sa... · 0 replies · +2 points

I notice that the nickname for Sprague high school is 'Olympians'. With the on-going kerfuffle over the use of names associated with native Americans, I think that this name should also be banned. After all, Jim Thorpe was both a native American and an Olympian.

22 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Strong thunderstorms h... · 5 replies · +5 points

"While the typical forces needed to make a funnel cloud weren’t present, NWS forecasters said occasionally a strong updraft can meet swirling winds near the ground and create a funnel cloud or weak tornado." You're going to see more and more of that as the economy continues to falter and as mankind continues to encroach into the traditional habitat of tornadoes.

22 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Ferrari driver killed ... · 2 replies · +18 points

"...the Ferrari's speed may have been a factor..." It would seem pointless to drive a Ferrari if you couldn't drive it fast.

22 hours ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Franklin High student ... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's OK. (Looks like I took the TD hits for you.)

1 day ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Franklin High student ... · 2 replies · -1 points

Uh, you are not reacting in the expected way. Please change your tone to one of abject fear and an overwhelming sense of dread.

The only thing we have to fear, is the fear that the people will not be as fearful as we want them to be.

1 day ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Unabomber submits upda... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'll read the article tonight, but I'm guessing the nutty professor still has a Gore/Lieberman sticker on his car.

1 day ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Feds chip in $745 mill... · 0 replies · +1 points

The point is this: It was voted down. Repeatedly. Obviously some voted in favor, but the way it used to work was that when the majority said no, the issue was laid to rest.