While many Hurricanes are remembered as the top storms of recent memory in the minds of many Americans, it is important to not forget, there were other storms that were just as deadly, if not more, like today is the Anniversary of the 1974 Tornado Outbreak considered by many to be the worst Tornado outbreak in US History
While many of you reading this blog were not born when this storm hit, if you live in an area that was effected by it, ask your family members about it, they will have an interesting story to share about it with you
I live in Dayton Ohio and 15 miles to the East of me, the worst Tornado out of all of these hits and it looked like somebody had dropped 10000 Bombs on the place, that is how bad it was
Here are some links that recall this Tragic Event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/storms
http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/swio/pages/content/1974_tornado.htm
https://www.rms.com/Publications/1974SuperTornadoReport.pdf
http://tornadoeshurricanes.suite101.com/article.cfm/worst_tornado_outbreak_1974
Videos from youtube about it,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS-k1fLZXh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmfk0ItQjBE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmfk0ItQjBE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKgqJFHu5L8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YBpStWWbu8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am_wKfXRU8I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRXhI-8rRqI&feature=related
My Thoughts on Gamespot and my gaming activity
Well it has been a while since I last posted a blog and I find it interesting as I click on my profile on here and I see on the front page of my page on here Blogs that are 4 or 5 days old, it speaks badly about the lack of activity on Gamespot and that people just do not care about this site anymore, since the way Cnet treated Jeff Gerstmann and the reaction to that has been interesting and hostile and the integrity and the truthfullness of this website are forever damaged, thanks to the cronies at Cnet
Back in the day, when Gamespot was a crediable and reliable website, I would never see blogs anymore then 2 days old on my front page and it speaks volume about how bad things have gotten on here seeing blogs 4 or 5 days old, but those days are long gone
My lack of activity on here or not as much of it, is not in anyway related to that and the sudden decline of this website, I would rather just spend time on my 360 and at the gym and other activities on the computer. I will still visit a few Unions on here and post at them like the NCAA Football Union and the NFL Union and I very rarely ever check the main system forums like I use to, I just find no use for them and the stupidity that exists on them and how dumb people act on them and the only way I go there is if I really need to check something related to a system
As far as from a gaming point of view goes, I could not be loving gaming anymore, I am still on my first and only 360 after 18 plus months and I somehow do not understand why I have been so lucky compared to a lot of other 360 owners and I have more games then I can shake a stick at to play
My main games right now are Call of Duty 4, Guiter Hero 3, Gears of War, and Rock Band and a few others as well
My Return to Gears of War
I decided to make a brief return to Gears of War, a while back I said I was done with that game for good, well one of my friends on Xbox live convinced me to come out of retirement on that game for a short period of time and I am helping him and a few other friends get some achievements on Gears of War and after that I will hang up the game until my old squad decides they want to play their final match and at that point, I will retire Gears of War once and for all then
Because Espurs and Appaloosa were the best ever teammates I had on Gears of War and it is only apporiate that I play my final match on that game with them and that we all go out together, I was the first one to play a match with them on Gears of War and we all formed a very special bond and we have been a team for quite a long time and one that you could not pull apart, expect when me and Appaloosa had some issues, which we finally buried the hatchet and decided to give things a second chance again and although I play with him and Espurs on Call of Duty 4, I am just glad to have my old squad from Gears of War back on other games
I bought a Wii today
I decided to buy a Nintendo Wii today, but the console was not bought so much for myself and my own gaming leisure, but it was bought for my roommate who is an older person and has some health problems and I wanted to do something to help him get better and get him more active
A few weeks ago on the News I seen a special on how the Wii is being used in Rest and Nursing homes to help Seniors get more active and help them rehab and how it has helped them and I really felt the urge and the need to get one for him, so I could help him get better
So I went searching for a Wii Tuesday Morning after Learning that most places will often get a Shipment on Tuesday's, when a Shipment generally arrives at a store and I called many Wal Mart's Monday and learned that they often get a Shipment on Tuesday's and other stores as well, so I went to Wal Mart to hang out there for a shipment and I brought a list of Phone Numbers with a lot of stores that had the potential to get one and I called the Gamestop in the Mall across from Wal Mart around 9:30 Tuesday Morning and boom, they said they had a shipment come in and just got them, so I decided to walk over there and buy one, even though I was under the impression that Wal Mart would get a Shipment, but no use to wait there, when that Shipment was not a sure thing, when a place nearby just got some in and said if you get here soon enough, you will get one and it turned out, I was the second one in line and I bought one and I was glad I decided to call other places and not just hang out at Wal Mart, but that was the whole idea was to call other places nearby and jump on it, if they got them in, and I was prepared to camp at Wal Mart until UPS came, if I would not have made a call and found one at another store
So I was well prepared for it and the area that I went shopping in, they have more shopping in that area, then any other place in my whole area and every store under the sun is in that area
Do not expect to see me online with the Wii or play it that much
Again like I stated above the Wii was bought for my roommate to help him and I have no plans on going online with it and most of my gaming will be done on the 360, but I will play it with my roommate and help him learn the controls and use the Motion Sensor thing right, I only bought a few things for it and a couple of games enough to help him and give him something to do and rehab
I bought Mario and Sonic at the Olympics and this one Crossbow game that came with the Wii Zapper, games that involve a lot of movement and Physical activity and those are the kind of games that will help him out
Well today August 1st 2007 marks the first year that I have owned an Xbox 360 and it has been one hell of a ride and a ton of fun along the way
Little did I know that when August 1st last year around 6pm, the moment that I left the store that I would become a hardcore gamer again and here I am 1 year later, I have not stopped playing my 360 since the day, that I have had it and I am more passioniate about gaming then I ever have been
I remember when I first got my 360 home I opened it up and called the Xbox hotline and registered my console and after that I began my free trial of Xbox live gold and I started playing GRAW and I met a lot of cool people and I was playing it everyday and was having fun with it and those relationships that I established on Xbox live spread to other games and I have met a lot of cool people along the way and of course a lot of idiots as well
I had a lot of fun on Saints Row as well and that game and GRAW kept me busy until the month of November
Though the best time that I have had on Xbox live came during the fall and Winter months of this past year, when I had to feed my addiction to Gears of War at every hour of the day and night whenever possible and I met most of the people from my friends list in Ranked Matches and we had a ton of fun there playing Ranked Matches on Execution and to this day, I still play Ranked Matches some, despite what I said in my last blog about retiring from Ranked Matches, but soon I will be done with the game in general
No game has ever given me as much fun or as much fulfillment as a gamer the way that Gears of War has and this game really kept me playing nonstop
Of course I have exprienced other great games along the way and when I got sick of Gears of War, I turned to those games, like Call of Duty 3 and Forza 2
Despite all that you may hear about the 360's hardware problems, give the console a chance, because I never let the bad news of Xbox 360's dying keep me from buying a 360 and I am still on my first one and it should not keep you from buying one either
Also do not say that online gaming does not matter to you either, you need to give it a chance, because it is much more gratifying and fun to play againist real opponents instead of some computer A.I bots and it keeps things from getting boring and also when you have friends online, it makes you look more forward to playing a game and the interactivity just only enriches that exprience
I can honestly say that when I had my PS2, I know now what kept me from being a hardcore gamer, it is the fact that there was no interactivity on the console and the only thing I was facing was the A.I and it bored the hell out of me and not having any interactivity or anybody to look forward to playing with is what kept me from playing games during that time, there were times where I bought a game and I would play it for a few days or a week and then I would not even touch the game console again for 6 months, because I felt like I had nothing to look forward to by playing
Now with that being said after 1 year of nonstop gaming on my 360, that is not going to change for a long time either, I have plenty of games to keep me busy and plenty more to look forward to and a lot of great people to play games with online on Xbox live
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