Today’s Disasters
Typhoon Fung-wong is on track to hit Taiwan and then continue into China. It is currently a category 3 storm.
The latest California fire is near an entrance to Yosemite National Park. So far about 25 square miles have burned.
The Qantas 747 was probably damaged by a defective oxygen bottle.
The Ahmedabad bombing investigation continues in India. There were 17 bombs in an hour killing 45 people and wounding more than 100. The area has a long history of violence between Hindus and Muslims.
Back in the US a Gunman critically wounds 7 in Tennessee church
The man entered Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and began shooting during a children’s production of the musical “Annie,” said Steve Drevik, a church member who arrived after man’s arrest.
A church member said three congregants tackled and held the shooter until police arrived and took him into custody, according to Knoxville television station WBIR.
Locally the temperature is only 90° but with the humidity at 100% the heat index is around 115°, so no one is doing much other than dripping when they go outside.
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“Passengers, your bag may not inflate because your air bottle just blew out the side of the plane.”
Sara of Orcinus has an excellent commentary on the church gunman from the personal perspective of one UU. I thought about writing something like that, but she has done a far better job than I could have managed.
That was a great commentary. I have a lot of respect for UU members, though I’m pretty down on organized religion in general. UU tends to definitely be a cut above.
There was a time when most churches were about community more than doctrine. Today too many resemble Amway. For others religion is an excuse, not a reason.