Here’s a scenario:

Hurricane Irene skips along the Eastern Seaboard until it gets to Boston Harbor, where it makes a sharp left and hits Boston head on after reving up to Category 4 due to the abnormally warm waters of Cape Cod, caused of course by global warming.  A plucky young meteorologist, structural engineer, and exotic dancer sees it coming, but is disregarded by her older, more conservative managers, who are blinded by their greed and maleness.  They don’t want her freaking out the tourists just before Labor Day, closing the beaches, and destroying the economy of their small New England town.

The Big Dig gets flooded, causing a collapse of the tunnel’s roof.  The last we see of downtown Boston is it falling into the resulting hole.  CGI explosions and building collapses abound, which will make for a good trailer to put on between episodes of “America’s Funniest Concussions” and “Hog Swap”.

Before that happens, our intrepid heroine breaks all the rules, sounds the alarm, and evacuates the multitude of people, saving innumerable lives, including a family of mixed-breed puppies and an entire Chevy Volt full of kittens. She leads the throng of refugees to the heights above Boston, where a train load of Pepsi, Papa John’s Pizza, Miller Beer, and Jack Daniels awaits them. (Product placement is everything)

In the last scene, we see our young, brash President giving a speech about how we will rebuild from the disaster, and of course blaming Bush.

Cut to black.

This thing almost writes itself.  Ted Turner and James Cameron will jump on this in a New York minute.

Scientists are considering adding sewage to a section of the canal system that links the Great Lakes to the Mississippi, which would cause bacteria to use up all of the oxygen in the water and make it harder for big head carp to get into the Great Lakes.  I wish them luck.  These non-native fish have been reeking havoc on some of the game fish here in Kentucky.

But that solution makes me think that maybe there’s another place it could be applied.

How about we add more sewage to the mile or so between the White House and the Capitol, let the bacteria eat up all of the oxygen that the oxygen thieves there need to thrive, and try to keep the invasive species from the federal government from continuing to contaminate our country?

Just a thought.

Following in the footsteps of Les, Robb, and now Uncle, I put a recent purchase in perspective:

Last night I spent a mint condition hex receivered Mosin Nagant 91/30 and a spam can of ammo on a new microwave oven and groceries.

Our family mini-vacation this year will probably cost several 1911’s and cases of .45 ACP, but I will update on that afterward.