June 10th, 2008
The Sunflower State (Kansas: Part 2)
I’m flying to Kansas (Part 1) today to meet
the rest of my husband’s family. I’m nervous.
“The peak U.S. tornado season runs from March through early July.”
-American Red Cross
Tornado obliterates Kansas farming town, 9 dead (Reuters 2007)
Kansas Killer Tornadoes 1879-2007 (TornadoChaser.com)
Kansas Grasshopper Plague of 1874 (Kansas State Historical Society)
“Anything goes in Wichita. Leave your revolvers at police headquarters.”
Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State (The WPA Guide to Kansas, 1939)
June 10th, 2008 at 3:49 am
You should be.
But often in this case is the “foreigner” to the family which is seen as a coming storm…
So, be stormy!!!
June 10th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Hilarious. Don’t forget the BTK killer who resided in Wichita and haunted a community for decades before being caught a few years ago. That was a “fun” story to cover.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161145,00.html
PS - Kansas really isn’t bad, but Missouri is BETTER! =)
June 10th, 2008 at 4:55 am
they’ll love you
June 10th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I’m sure they love you
Be safe
Kyutie
June 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
omg… meeting the whole husband family… i would be nervous too! actually… i would be totally freaked out! l
June 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Keep those cute sneakers on .
You may be doing some running - from spiders, tornadoes, whatever…
(Best of luck.)
June 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Scary. Stay safe, I’m in Nebraska, and it hasn’t been that bad yet, but over the weekend, a tornado came terribly close. Hope you have fun in Kansas. At least you won’t have rattlesnakes to worry about. Those are in Texas and usually in just the rural areas.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
You’re a city girl at heart I guess…
June 10th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
NO land will conquer your kind heart, nor will the in-laws.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Is that grass as high as elephants eyes?
I heard they only eat plain food with butter
Rain tastes sweet in the high heat
With the wind racing across the planes!
And I trust your new in laws may well
provide a sense of extended family
Best wishes
June 11th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I’m sure they just can’t get enough of you.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I skeered. Hold me Sera!
June 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Surviving Kansas, part I: stay away from tornadoes and spiders.
Oh, I’m sorry, is my comment too late?
June 11th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Just think, if the spiders are huge, they’d really show up in all that flat landscape!!!
I lived 40+ yrs in AR, well within “tornado alley,” and never saw a single one.
I really enjoy your comics.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I hope that everything goes well.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Your husband’s family is from Kansas. I’ve never been there, but it is a place I’m curious to know. When you get back tell us if it is a nice place!
Hope you don’t get in the way of any tornado!
June 13th, 2008 at 8:57 am
and don’t be nervous, they will love you!
June 14th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Just pick the tomatoes out of your salad and you’ll be fine. And don’t swear. Too much. They don’t like that there. And don’t ask “But what is there to DOOOOOOOO around here?” And go outside at night and look at the stars in that big ole sky. And watch a thunderstorm boil up from the horizon. And go for a ride in the cab of one of thsoe big combine things. But don’t try to drive it. At least not near any buildings. And always remember, as falls Whichita, so falls Whichita Falls. You’ll do fine.