We have tornadoes [nationwide] 180 days a year, every other day, and we have significant tornadoes probably about 60 days a year. It requires a fairly delicate balance: Even if you have a thunderstorm, you don't necessarily have a tornado.
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Related Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO A new year is another vantage opportunity to re-strategize the venture called life. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I have a dream to provide every Chinese, especially children, sufficient milk each day. WEN JIABAO Shine brightly, so you can help those who have not found their path a way through the darkness. JEFFREY FRY The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why w... MITCH ALBOM To put it in perspective, this tornado today or this series of tornadoes will probably rank equal to... MIKE HUCKABEE People that don't know what they are worth will always see their capture's wings, but never their ta... SHANNON L. ALDER I don't have a lot of time to speak... but we will speak soon. DEYTH BANGER Humans don't have any type of interest... HAVING SO MUCH STUFF AROUND THEM AND SO LITTLE INTEREST IN... DEYTH BANGER People live for eating,but
I eat for survive OM BENIWAL To know wisdom is to be all knowledgeable ,to use that knowledge for the greater good is to no that ... GARY F EVANS... When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w... A.A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s... CARTER CROCKER Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it. JOE PERRY We have earthquakes, we have tornadoes, we have floods, we have windstorms and we definitely have wi... KATHY DAVIS It's the imperfections that make things beautiful JENNY HAN Hurricane Katrina -- if you housed a victim for more than 60 days there's an extra $500 exemption. I... ELIZABETH SOMMER If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins. ALVEDA KING We probably have enough fuel to do the extended mission, one year and a half, for 468 days. DON MCCOY Why be greedy when you can have it all. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Mankind have angels and devils, this thing is called balance! DEYTH BANGER A new day simply means all our errors of the previous day has been forgiven us,we can now re-begin a... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live wi... JOAN POWERS Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh... A.A. MILNE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL The reason we charge for parking and continue to charge for parking is that we have a lifeguard on d... COUNCILMAN DAVID DRUKER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER But we're comparing tornado reports, which are probably inflated, with confirmed tornadoes for previ... DANIEL MCCARTHY There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES ...Okay... probably now you have read all my books up to now..., you have check out everything what ... DEYTH BANGER Now we have one chance in some case, as in this body but in other body we will have + one because we... DEYTH BANGER I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Unsubscribe from should-a, would-a, could-a MICHAEL H. DANSBURY A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study... APURVA GAGLANI It could really have a major impact if we have a couple of storms go through there and shut in produ... BRUCE BELL Why is it that we want what we don't have, yet we can't see what we do have? ANTHONY T. HINCKS He lost himself somewhere on the harmless side of lunacy, slightly south of innocuous but definetly ... TONY VIGORITO Bhulaney ke liay bhi tujhy yaad tu kerna hoga, Magar her yaad se hain wabasta teri hazaar baata... HUSEYN RAZA A godmother is always there and genuine.The help she has given will never be forgotten but will glis... GARY F EVANS... If tomorrow was yesterday then yesterday would be tomorrow, if we think about the past why not think... GARY F EVANS... Start seeing a way for yourself. Stop seeing a way for others. APURVA GAGLANI and the girl and I get into her car and drive off into the hills and we go to her room and I take of... BRET EASTON ELLIS Focus on beauty to have a beautiful life. DEBASISH MRIDHA I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship w... C. JOYBELL C. When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI We'll just have to regroup and come back next year. We're really not thinking about next year right ... BRIAN MCCANN When it's clear that we have a commitment to God that comes before anything else in our lives, most ... CRAIG GROESCHEL They can't lay off or touch them for 60 days. We have 60 days to hammer out a contract, and it will ... DONNA MENGEL Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE Certainly, we didn't have the crowds we would have had if we'd had weather like last year. This year... DAVID HARTMAN We believe that like Union Station in Washington, D.C., this will become a very significant tourist ... RON TAYLOR From what we have seen and from all the reports, this is probably one of the most devastating tornad... HERBERT MITCHELL Just because you haven't got a home, doesn't make you homeless. and Just because you don't... ANTHONY T. HINCKS We have two built in days for rain or if something happens. We really don't mind playing in rain, bu... JACK HEBNER You Have Seen the Cure for Cancer Many Times, Even Right Now! So the Problem is Not Finding a Cure, ... THEHEALTHFOODGURU I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days... FRANCES CONROY There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. S... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Strength is not something you have, it's something you find. EMMA SMITH Words have a taste, sweet but subtle, like dark chocolate; the scent of old bookshops; a flamenco rh... CHLOE THURLOW To believe in something can be inspiration for many people .To believe is to have faith in what you ... GARY F EVANS... What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb. "Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, ... MITCH ALBOM Love- the infatuation kind- 'he's so handsome, she's so beautiful'- that can shrivel. As soon as som... MITCH ALBOM If you stopped yourself every time you said "I have to", and changed it to "I get to" it might chang... KYLE PAGERLY Happiness is wanting what you have instead of wanting what you don't have. LORRIN L. LEE You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE. LORRIN L. LEE We tend to not appreciate what we have until we lose it. LORRIN L. LEE Now they have a riddle. - Criminal Minds DEYTH BANGER Pathetic is when you assume the worst, because you are incapable of thinking beyond your own mental ... EMMA PAUL Those who hate, are merely wallowing in self pity. Those who lie about someone to destroy his or her... EMMA PAUL Words have power," Isaac answered. Words begin and end wars. They create and destroy families. They ... LORI HANDELAND Last year, there were not that many tornadoes in general across the country. This year, what we have... FRANK STRAIT There 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and 54 weeks in a year. But there ... J.J. BOWLERS Even jellyfish have a life. So, what's your excuse? ANTHONY T. HINCKS It's getting really popular. We have lots of diversity [ethnically]. We teach every day, Monday to S... MAURO RAMUALDO If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it. DEYTH BANGER We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR One of the things about a tornado, it comes so quickly you don't have time to get in a panic. If you... MIKE HUCKABEE History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. ... JIM VALVANO People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you c... JENNIFER STARZEC Multilate. Ha Ha Ha,' said Nusswan, avuncular and willing to pretend it was a clever joke. 'Its all ... ROHINTON MISTRY We try a special exhibit every year. We have fish here, but we have a lot of other animals, too. We ... MARK SCHICK There's ups and downs of any job. If you worked at the post office, there's ups and downs. Y... TRACY MORGAN Having riches ultimately means having few needs. J.R. RIM Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than wh... C.S. LEWIS Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize wh... ALY RAISMAN My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts to grow. BILL COSBY Did you see more glass? J.D. SALINGER She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ... J.D. SALINGER
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