Local News: Blows!

Seattle has been rocked by, like, 14 mph winds today. So naturally the local media is reacting as if flesh-eating marmosets devoured the mayor.

Please to be noting:

Video caption reading "One man was forced to hold onto a tree to keep from being blown over."

Actual video shows man using single hand to grasp sapling about 1/50th his diameter and approximately 1° off perpendicular from the ground.

Lovable seven-year-old ragamuffin nonchalantly walks his bicycle past in the background.

You can't truly appreciate the devastation until you've seen the raw footage . (Warning: contains scenes of umbrella carnage not suitable for all viewers.)

Of course HOLY SHIT WINDSTORM 2007!!! did manage knock out power at my house, which left me without access to online porn for an hour or so. Fortunately I have a copy of the 1977 Sears Catalog in our emergency kit for just such a contingency.