re: Historical Famous last words ….. before disaster

Diversity is our strength

All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

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The Baton Rouge area will NOT get this much rain... Serious... MAYBE 3-4 inches... The system will not get this far before going north...

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All be it wasn't a disaster, but there was certain Dr. Meteorologist in Baton Rouge that said it wasn't snowing outside despite several inches falling and people sending photos in to point out that is was snowing.

Still my favorite, and I don't know it it was an old news room joke, but a male meteorologist tells the female anchorette to expect 6-8 inches of snow one night and the forecast is a bust.

So the next night before the weather starts in the happy talk part, the anchorette dead pan tells the male meteorologist where were those 6-8 inches you promised me last night. I think the whole studio erupted with laughter or the meteorologist turned a deep red, and the anchorette didn't know what she said.

"I'll be right there, hun. I just need to cut this one last ..."
-- Mid Iowa Tiger --

“Let’s roll!” - Todd Beamer. United Airlines flight 93. 9/11/01.

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Learning decades later that they rode it in until they hit the ocean, no bueno.

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Thankfully they weren't conscious when the cabin crashed into the Atlantic.

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The Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts were likely unconscious or dead before their crew compartment struck the Atlantic Ocean. While the cabin remained largely intact during the 2.5-minute fall, investigators concluded that depressurization and a lack of oxygen would have caused them to lose consciousness.

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Just a thought from SloPro...."When you elect populists, expect populism".

"Well Abe.. I certainly hope this play isn't as boring as the last one we went to"

Don't worry, I'm on the pill.