14. oktober 2006

NYC woman victim of two very unlikely accidents If you're Kathleen Caronna, you could easily get paranoid for less. On Wednesday, the engine of Cory Lidle plane landed in her bedroom just before she was due home. In 1997, she was hit by a lamppost that almost killed her. A woman whose apartment was burned in the high-rise crash of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's plane was the victim of another frightening, bizarre and high-profile Manhattan accident years earlier, when a lamppost knocked over by a parade float seriously injured her. Kathleen Caronna and her family were unhurt in Wednesday's crash, which killed Lidle and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger. But the engine of the Cirrus SR20 landed in her bedroom, which went up in flames minutes before she would arrived home, her relatives told the Daily News in Friday's editions. [...] Caronna was critically injured during the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when the mammoth Cat in the Hat balloon went out of control and knocked part of a lamppost onto her head. The then-33-year-old investment analyst lay in a coma for nearly a month. If luck evens out, which it hopefully does for Kathleen, now is about time to buy a few lottery tickets. On the other hand, in case it doesn't, I'd stay indoor during thunderstorms. 4:30:42 PM    comment []  trackback []

Amazing guitar playing Turn up the volume and go over to YouTube and listen to this guy play. Hat tip to Jelly. 11:46:05 AM    comment []  trackback []

Radiation detected from NK - a dud not a bluff Apparently there has been detected radioactive gas from North Korea's alleged nuclear test, in which case the bluff theory must be rejected. North Korea actually had a nuclear test, but it fizzled and failed. One of many tests conducted since North Korea's claimed nuclear test found a radioactive gas consistent with an atomic explosion, but the U.S. government has made no definitive conclusions about the blast, a senior Bush administration official said Friday. "The betting is that this was an attempt at a nuclear test that failed," the official said Friday. "We don't think they were trying to fake a nuclear test, but it may have been a nuclear fizzle." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information. The test found a type of radioactive gas that would be present after a nuclear detonation, the official said. It is one of a number of analyses conducted this week, which have not provided clarity about what North Korea detonated on Monday. Via Hot Air. 11:09:35 AM    comment []  trackback []

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