01 June 2011 – Book Avalanche

Just narrowly missed getting buried by 500 pounds of books. The bookshelf with all my science books fell forward, spilling 6 shelves of books. Had I been sitting a foot to the left, I’d probably be getting my left foot X-rayed about now! WOW! Close call! What a $%#ing mess, too!

Here’s the mess (and, yes, these are BOTH right-side up):

These were taken after I removed 3 full photocopier paper sized boxes of books from the scene. I was just pondering: How ironic to survive chasing storms for 2 weeks, only to be crushed by a falling bookshelf.


LESSON: Life is short; eat dessert first.