...with news of heavy rains in California, fires in Oklahoma and Texas, avalanches in France and Germany and even a report of an earthquake deep in the Pacific Ocean.

I see a good report that avian flu may not be on the horizon this year and it seems our health experts are making some progress toward handling a pandemic. Although it looks like emergency rooms in Mesa, Arizona are having a difficult time handling existing cases of "normal" flu.

I think Jay Leno had a point in this reported reference he recently made.  With hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, fires, severe t-storms and earthquakes tearing up the country from one end to another, the quote of the year is: Jay Leno: "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"