Natural Disasters

Fired

Lenny (not pictured) called his wife Lucy (also not pictured), who everybody agreed was the brains of the outfit, to ask if she had any ideas on getting some FEMA money to start a business. The last of the debris from his Hurricane Harvey job had been collected, and as he told it, both the debris and he had been fired . . .

By |August 24th, 2018|Categories: Economy, Natural Disasters|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Fired

No Hurricane Coverage

The head caretaker for the Forbidden City was at first was concerned about the “no hurricane coverage” clause in the new insurance policy, but realized in time they didn’t get that many hurricanes in the Beijing area . . .

By |August 19th, 2018|Categories: China, Natural Disasters|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on No Hurricane Coverage

No Smoking

In spite of warning signs and broad media coverage, the forest fire was still defying law and order and continuing to smoke . . .

By |July 10th, 2018|Categories: Natural Disasters, sunsets & rainbows|Tags: |Comments Off on No Smoking

Leaning Towards Quitting

The storm had taken quite a toll, but now the calm gulf waters were back, the blue skies and the tourists. Joseph (not pictured) had rebuilt before, but was getting tired; leaning in fact towards quitting, collecting the insurance and moving to Nebraska . . .

By |February 22nd, 2018|Categories: Beach Scenes, Natural Disasters, Texas|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Leaning Towards Quitting

Homeless

After Hurricane Harvey left many homes badly damaged or wrecked; the demand for housing made anything with a roof look good . . .

By |January 16th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Natural Disasters|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Homeless

Tremor

When experts saw a 5.7 Richter scale reading from North Korea, they suspected another underground nuclear test; turns out that fat Kim Jong Un just fell in the shower . . .

By |December 5th, 2017|Categories: Natural Disasters, Politics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Tremor