[pct-l] snake bite

[walkinglarry at yahoo.com (larry hillberg)]

During a walk across mid-America in 2000, camped out
on an abandoned farm site a few miles from Niobrara,
Nebraska, I was awakened at 10:30 PM by a violent
storm.  Winds that must have approached one hundred
miles per hour did everything but blow me and my tent
into South Dakota.  I was terrified.  Time passed as
it does during an earthquake.  Eventually, the storm
quieted down, and I may have slept some.  In Niobrara
the next morning, I learned from a local fireman that
a tornado had touched down one mile south of me, then
headed west.  Within one mile, it dropped a century
old oak tree onto someone's roof, injuring them while
they lay asleep in their own bed.

Who was at higher risk?  Was it me?  Or them?  This
past event continues to help me enjoy my life today.

--- Bighummel@aol.com wrote:
> In the Northridge earthquake that killed 73 or so
> people here in Sth Calif.  
> (note; 73 people dead in one of the most densest
> populated areas in the the 
> U.S. in a 6.8 or 9 earthquake is incredibly low!)
> there was one rather strange 
> story of a life taken in that event, very far from
> the epicenter.  A young 
> mother (in Upland as I recall) had been shaken awake
> by the earthquake and heard 
> her baby crying in the dark that morning.  She arose
> to comfort the baby and 
> walked into its room in the dark, stepped on a small
> toy, fell and struck her 
> head on the side of the crib, breaking her neck and
> taking her life.  
> 
> . . . and GOD said "I need YOU for a higher purpose"
> and blink  . . . 
> 
> Enjoy these precious moments,
> 
> Greg
> 
> In a message dated 3/21/2005 10:37:48 AM Pacific
> Standard Time, 
> dsaufley@sprynet.com writes:
> All this talk about snake and other hazards reminds
> me of a true story.  
> Years ago, my mother's best friend from grade
> school, Marion Vine, was killed 
> sleeping in her own bed back in Rhode Island . . .
> she had just put her young son 
> down for a nap, when small plane crashed into her
> house, killing her and the 
> pilot (the child survived).  
> 
> This story has given me courage to confront my fears
> and get out of the 
> comfort zone in life.  
> 
> -=Donna Saufley=-
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