[Leica] Canadian calmness?

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

What strikes me as most remarkable about this scene is the utter lack of curiosity and wonder manifested by a man who considers it more important to mow his lawn (!) – RIGHT NOW! – than to pause for a couple of minutes for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to safely (in his estimation) witness at close hand and marvel at one of Nature’s most fantastic, primordial and dramatic spectacles. I keep trying to picture myself in his position, doing what he’s doing, but I always end up at the fence, spellbound. 

Incredible.

Or was the photo staged by the man and his wife as a bit of wry visual humor, and as soon as she’d made the photo, they were both glued to the fence, agog?

—howard


> On Jun 5, 2017, at 1:30 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is this an example of Canadian calmness, or someone bucking for a Darwin Award?
> <http://www.timescolonist.com/man-who-mowed-lawn-with-tornado-behind-him-says-he-was-keeping-an-eye-on-it-1.20394290>
> 
> For a moment, I thought, "I wish I'd taken it."  But on second thought, no.
> 
> :-)
> --Peter
> 
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