Ill Winds

The storms that went through a few days ago carried some unexpectedly high winds. The cardinal's nest in the back yard rose bush was blown out, but it wasn't ready for eggs yet so they just went elsewhere. Too bad for birdwatching, but no great loss for the birds.

Much worse was the freak accident that killed one of the scientists on my floor--a tree crushed his car. We were on different teams on different experiments in different sub-fields of physics, and so I'd never actually run into him though I'd seen him around. We'll have to find out what his family needs.