Dirty weekend Tornado warning: Taking shelter from the storm 24 Jun 201530 Jun 2015 MEREDITH, N.H. — “The hell? What is that? Where is that noise coming from? Find it!” It sounded like an air-raid siren inside the car, a high-pitched squeal that made…
Short hops Blue skies and rain in pursuit of my zen 12 Oct 201411 Feb 2015 The text, sent from the office near the end of my shift, was shorthand for “Let’s run away for a few hours. This reality sucks donkey balls.” Or something along…
Summer A man with convictions in Florida 15 Aug 201219 May 2013 NEW ORLEANS, La. – I was walking along the dark streets around our hotel, alone, when I stepped on something that couldn’t have been bigger than a frog but made…
Summer Just me and Hurricane Earl 2 Sep 201021 Jul 2012 SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. – I touched a hurricane today. Hurricane Earl’s deadly riptides have already claimed a surfer somewhere along the East Coast, according to an overheard conversation back in…
Short hops… Falling stars, police and dead people 15 Aug 200915 Aug 2009 Melani has been pestering me all week to take her to see the Perseid meteor shower. This requires getting away from the city lights, and I’ve been too tired and…
The Other Things Nothing to fear but the weather itself 18 May 200919 May 2009 My fear of tornadoes goes back to Grade 6. It was the mid-’80s and we were living in The Beaches in Toronto. Our house was quite close to the water,…
