Devastation in Iowa City Tonight

"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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By the way, Mr. English Major:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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It took my son and I...

What's up with that?




Hey - I think he earned the right to misuse his pronouns. Or perhaps he
felt more Royal and as such intentionally chose to use the more refined,
but grammatically incorrect, "I" reference.

Either way, the rules of nature undoubtedly trump the rules of grammar!

Jay Honeck wrote:

Nature is amazing, and we were so very lucky. Our hangar and plane are
unscathed, the hotel was just nicked a glancing blow, and our home is
fine. There's no word on casualties yet, but from the looks of things,
there almost had to be some.

Glad to hear you are OK, Jay.

Exceptional write-up, Jay.
Thanks. SO glad all of you OK.




"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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So I was at our airport commission meeting tonight when the tornado
sirens went off. We had noticed the skies becoming black, but were all
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On 13 Apr 2006 22:06:51 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

So I was at our airport commission meeting tonight when the tornado
sirens went off. We had noticed the skies becoming black, but were all
too wrapped up in talk of paving taxiways to pay much heed.

I live in Chicago area, and the storms headed this way after Iowa
City. No where near as much devastation, just a lot of lightning and
a bit of hail.

That was a very odd strorm. It was influenced by a stationary front
sweeping across the midwest, but the activity was very localized. All
the cells were concentrated within an almost perfect circle of 50nm.
No rain anywhere else. Plus the visible satellite pictured showed CLR
conditions everywhere minus the 50nm circle. Quite odd.

Great write-up Jay. You made us feel your excitement with your words.
Thanks for the update of your situation. We were worried about you and
the family. Now go pick up some of those shingles lying around and get
on the roof.

Tom

So Jay, why aren't you a professional writer?

Jose
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:12:50 +0000, Jose wrote:

So Jay, why aren't you a professional writer?

Interesting, eh? He's been asked that question here (in one form or
another) multiple times. Why hasn't some periodical knocked him on the
head and dragged him to a work processor?

Jay: Excellent write-up, and I'll add myself to the list of people glad
you and yours are okay.

- Andrew

In article ,
Andrew Gideon wrote:

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:12:50 +0000, Jose wrote:

So Jay, why aren't you a professional writer?

Interesting, eh? He's been asked that question here (in one form or
another) multiple times. Why hasn't some periodical knocked him on the
head and dragged him to a work processor?

Writing for a living can be struggle.
Most writers must constantly be on the watch for potential ideas and
carry a notebook to record such discoveries.
Jay is fortunate in that the events he records are happenstances which
directly involve him in some manner. It helps that his jobs as an
innkeeper allow stories to come to him.

So Jay, why aren't you a professional writer?

Interesting, eh? He's been asked that question here (in one form or
another) multiple times. Why hasn't some periodical knocked him on the
head and dragged him to a work processor?

Writing for a living can be struggle.
Most writers must constantly be on the watch for potential ideas and
carry a notebook to record such discoveries.
Jay is fortunate in that the events he records are happenstances which
directly involve him in some manner. It helps that his jobs as an
innkeeper allow stories to come to him.

If you count being published and paid for it, Jay already fits the
category of professional writer.

The last response, by John S. is very astute. Most writers, myself included,
have those happenstances few and far between. The rest of the time our
writing is not nearly as much fun. More like a job. And not a well-paying
one either. The average annual income of a "professional" writer in
California is less than $7,000 per annum.

Go Fly!

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer
and Photographer

The additional pressure on a writer on deadline is to sit and wait for the
muse to hit with your editor on your case for being three days past
deadline. Sometimes I wish I was simply writing the textbook or service
manual and when it gets done, it gets done. I'd probably do a much better
job.

Jim


The last response, by John S. is very astute. Most writers, myself
included, have those happenstances few and far between. The rest of the
time our writing is not nearly as much fun. More like a job. And not a
well-paying one either. The average annual income of a "professional"
writer in California is less than $7,000 per annum.