Tropical Weather Fay

You know a storm is not all that bad when it's not even called a Hurricane - or even a storm for that matter - but is simply referred to as 'Tropical Weather.' And what's funnier is that in some parts of the world, in this case North Carolina, they have even taken to naming their rare bursts of 'Tropical Weather.'

Behold - the awesome power of Mother Nature has taken the form of - Tropical Weather Fay.

And it has caused this rather large man some mild discomfort in the form of some wet cuffs: discomfort so great, mind you, that he has called upon the assistance of emergency rescue workers who provided him with a) a crash helmet, b) a Personal Floatation Device (Really?), and c) a human chain link to get to 'safety.' Thank God he escaped from his red Pontiac Sunfire back there in one piece. You've got to be careful with Tropical Weather.

"I just went to buy some new tires for my Sunfire," he claimed. "And then next thing I knew there was all this tropical weather around me." He added: "I think I'm going to have to buy some new pants. Or maybe just get these ones dry-cleaned. Yeah - yeah I'll probably just do that."

(Also, I love how bored the rescue worker behind the large guy looks. He's probably trained for natural disasters, and look at him: he's stuck hauling a fat guy out of twelve inches of rain.)

Photo curtesy of Courtney, bored while waiting for our Rogers Cable Guy to return from his truck. She found it on the Day in Photo's section of the Globe and Mail website: also, the Globe staffer stuck labelling the photo also went so far as to lable the middle guy as the motorist to differentiate him from the rescue workers. This made my morning!