McGehee sent me an email today from Marshalltown, Iowa and said they had a rough night, including losing power at the hotel.  I was up late last night watching the storms run into the Marshalltown area, and suspected they had trouble.  He said he hoped today would be better.

Just as we’re trying to get to sleep tonight, the sirens go off here in Des Moines, dragging us up out of bed into the basement.

A tornado was detected on radar northwest of us and tracked east to northeast, so not much risk of hitting us.  Shortly after it there was a sighting as well.

Now we’re just getting a lot of lightning and thunder… one strike was somewhere in our neighborhood… hopefully no one …

Just a few reflections on the day…

Politics:

News reports put Hillary ending her campaign on Friday or Saturday. As usual, I’ll believe it when I see it. It’s sad that Hillary has had such a hard time concluding her campain:

“We pledged to support her to the end,” said Representative Charles B. Rangel, a New York Democrat who has been a patron of Mrs. Clinton since she first ran for the Senate. “Our problem is not being able to determine when the hell the end is.”

Meanwhile, Ann Coulter (yes, I know that last time I mentioned her I was not very gracious) shares some valuable insights comparing Hillary’s complaints about popular votes vs. delegate votes, and comparing this situation to Al Gore’s …