Strange weather, somehow we'll survive. Strange weather, we'll keep our love alive.

Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down...

Ok. Well not me per se. Or my sleep pattern. Although...

So usually on Wednesday I have told a true story concerning me. Today will be slightly different. Today I am telling a true story about Louisville through me. I don't think that even makes a penny. It makes no sense ... Ok dont with bad jokes.

Last April I was on a Western trip that included a marathon and stops to see my father, my friends around L.A., and some friends in Washington state. It was marvelous, simply marvelous, but this isn't about me.

I woke up on my friend's futon in Southern California, known for its earthquakes, only to suddenly learn that an earthquake had struck. It struck Louisville, KY.

Well, we weren't the epicenter. Not really close. But it was felt in Louisville. Naturally I felt cheated out of the experience. Little did I know that I would see enough weird weather in Louisville to last me a lifetime.

Fast forward to this fall. I am studying for my first big exam day. Test is the next day. Bam. Power at the school goes out. What would be the cause? Hurricane Ike.

Now I know what you're thinking .. but where are we going to get three buckets and a pound of Gak at this hour? Well, that and "Isn't Louisville too far inland to have a hurricane? I think you meant remnant of a hurricane."

Nope. I ran the last race of my high school career in the remnant of a hurricane. I blacked out 1/3 of the way through, but whatever. The winds outside generated by the storm were still hurricane level winds. I survived a hurricane. It was worse than the two or three "hurricanes" we were told to panic about in North Carolina.

Which brings me to last week. Where our snow and ice were so bad that 200,000 people were left without power. Just in Louisville. Mainly due to the ice taking out electric poles. Something like 700,000 lost power in the state and it has been called the worst natural disaster in the history of Kentucky by Time.com.

To recap: In the past 9 months Louisville, KY has had an earthquake, hurricane, and allegedly the worst natural disaster in the state's history. You could have been scared awake in the middle of the night by an earthquake, thought you were going to die so you made love to your significant other then dodged falling tree limbs on a Kroger run to pick up ice cream and anchovy-tapioca pudding and then had to give birth to your baby in your frozen house during that time. That may be one of the worst sentences ever written.

Sum that up: 9 months ... earthquake, hurricane, worst natural disaster ever ... a baby could have been conceived and delivered in that time. Whatevs.