The airshow was at Mather Air Force Base this weekend. This is a yearly event. I volunteered back in 2011 when I was looking for a husband (I wrote a blog about this and when I find it again, I will post the link) Luckily I do not need to drive to the airport because the planes fly right over my house. This year, for the first time in my life, I saw a B'52 fly over. I was surprised at how low it flew and thought it was going to crash. I also experienced some other firsts this weekend.
We had a big thunder storm one night. Arin and I were in the kitchen and a roll of thunder crashed right over the house. It was so strong that the kitchen window madly shook with rage. I had never seen a window vibrate like that. Luckily it was not enough of a vibration to crack it. This event was complimentary to the lightening which struck a metal roof while shopping in a Oaxacan food market, not to mention the earthquake that rocked the 200 year old Oaxacan brick house while I was sleeping (see Oaxaca blog to read more about the lightening, earthquake, teaching, living, and playing bridge in Oaxaca, Mexico)
The other first I experienced this week was also while in the kitchen, I heard a loud screech outside, then saw a cloud of vulcanized rubber float by my window. Although I have heard cars burn rubber before, never have I seen a cloud of smoke 10 feet high. I felt sorry for my neighbor who was walking on the sidewalk and engulfed in rubber fumes for a few seconds. Later when I went outside, I saw a doughnut in the intersection. A doughnut is when a car is driven in a tight circle very fast and debris from the tires leave a black circle on the ground. This is usually done in intersections or large parking lots.
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