I hate snowmobiles too but they don't generally come into the city and assault your senses when you are walking down the street trying to enjoy a beautiful fall day.
It's also pretty obvious that the media is having a field day with this stuff and the Rove affair (Judith Miller shenanigans notwithstanding). Funny how the tide has turned and how the press loves a scandal - of either party. Also interesting how the news media was so gung-ho rah rah when the US first invaded Iraq and nobody dared even question the sanity of it...I'm watching too much tv again
So in the past year we've had a major tsunami (or was that 2 years ago), hurricanes, floods on the east coast, fires in Calif., mud slides in Guatemala, earthquake in Pakistan...I'm sure there are other disasters I'm overlooking. What's next?