The
NOAA has posted an article about the Lightning threat.
LIGHTNING CASUALTIES IN THE U.S. CLIMB AS SUMMER CONTINUES
These evil doers can no longer be allowed to slaughter innocent men, women and children in the United States of America!!
Lightning has killed at least 27 people this year, with more than half of those fatalities (14) occurring since July 15. In addition, there were three fatalities during the last half of July where Lightning is the suspected cause of death. This is more than double the number of fatalities seen in recent years for the last half of July.
This threat is imminent and must be addressed immediately!! Our country's safety, well being and way of life are at stake!! We can not stand idly by and watch these electrons of mass destruction destroy the very values that we hold so dear. Just look at where we are being attacked!
In three separate incidents, four of the fatalities this year have involved teenagers playing soccer. Three fatalities were golf-related, two were related to camping and two were people killed while on riding lawn mowers.
Our strategy after the jump:
They are murdering our children in Soccer fields!
SOCCER FIELDS!!!! This shall not stand. I know one thing for sure, Soccer moms will be influential in the next election and will side with the party that has the best strategy to defeat the terrible Lightning menace.
In the past 30 years, Lightning has killed about 2,000 people across the U.S. with an average of 66 people each year. In addition, hundreds of people are injured each year by Lightning. Some survivors of Lightning attacks are left with debilitating health effects.
I propose that we invade the cloud realm. The evil Lightning hides behind these otherwise innocuous clouds and stike our children down from on high. We have the weapons to defeat them. We have the will and the fortitude for the battle ahead. The Lightning must not be allowed to exists.
However, this isn't like the terrorist threat in Saddam Hussein controlled Iraq which actually had no terrorists before we invaded. The Lightning is killing Americans NOW and must be eliminated! I suggest that we take the $250,000,000 a day that we're spending in Iraq and move it over to domestic Lightning eradication efforts.
My next diary will be about the War on Driving while using a Cell Phone.