Twister Sisters episode 3... my thoughts...

Thanks to Rick for reminding me about the "Twister Sisters" show coming on last night. I was enjoying a wonderful Christmas dinner when a call came in reminding me about the show last night. Not that missing it would be the end of the world. It looks like they are airing the previous week's episode before showing the new one... What? "Women on Death Row" wasn't making good ratings...? eye roll... Anyways, about last night's episode... I will start by saying that I was half asleep while watching it. I had driven home on Christmas Eve, given Santa a chance to arrive, woken early to see what Santa brought, prepared a Christmas feast and eaten it (which, by the way, I am convinced that goose contains unusually high amounts of tryptophan... Let's see...Tryptophan in Goose meat 403mg/100g (incidentally, turkey has 240mg/100g). I would estimate that I had about 200g of goose meat, which means I had about 806mg of tryptophan. Here is what the FDA has to say about tryptophan.

Tryptophan recommended daily intake (RDI)
RDA 3mg/kg body weight (adults)
TOLERABLE UPPER LIMIT 300-600mg

high dosage of tryptophan could lead to:
gastrointestinal upsets
headaches
sleepiness
anxiety

It appears that I have ODed on tryptophan.) So, there you have it, sleepy with good cause. I raced home to watch the show. Given my sleepy state, I only noticed a few things that really stood out. One, Beau... come on... you are not, as a storm chaser, above the law. Speeding is against the law and dangerous, so when you speed, you are taking a risk. The fact that you are chasing a tornado, does not spell out a "get out of ticket, free pass". It is not a waste of their time... that is actually what traffic enforcement is out there for, if that's imaginable. I could go on, but I think I'll stop there. (Incidentally, here is where we were stopped by the police, trying to outrun a powerful outflow wind that our officer wasn't too concerned with either. The wind was pretty awesome though. The signs were flopping around, as if in a hurricane.) Aside from that, the big issue I had was that the tornado they spliced in for Greensburg was... a rope!!! Based on pics and video I have seen of Greensburg, that tornado was actually a wamma jamma wedge. Hello, folks, it was an EF5, caused complete devastation to over 90% of an entire town. It was not a needle. It was interesting to hear Eric's reaction with the clip they showed, but I know that he was actually seeing the tornado that devastated that area. I was an interesting touch having the people who had survived a tornado on the show. I imagine it was incredibly emotional for them to witness Greensburg. Of all the storms to fight their fears with...

The more I see of this show, the more of an impression I get of what lies in store for my mostly uneventful episode. Stay tuned to see what happens when a chase tour encounters... THE DEWVOID! I can hardly wait.

Weather locally is on the chilly side at a brisk 46, with a high of 58?!!! Ugh! Currently, to make matters worse, my office is without heat, so my fingers are like little icicles tapping on the keyboard. I keep waiting for one to crumble into a million pieces. They are definitely approaching numbness. Brrr.... Looks like a stormy weekend ahead, which is highly likely since I will be out of town again. The good news is that the weather looks perfect for my weekend plans. I hope that pans out.

That's all I've got.

Have a lovely day,
~Dewdrop