Hudson Miracle: The Front Pages

Here is how newspapers around the world broke the news of yesterday's splash landing of US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River:











Click here to see dozens of newspaper front pages, courtesy of the Newseum.

How I Survived The Cold

This was on my MacBook dashboard Thursday.
I meant to post that temperature graphic yesterday, but things got away from me. It actually made it down to -15, with a -29 wind chill.

First, it was a call to the maintenance man (Dale) to find out why the bathtub in the girls' bedroom wasn't draining - and why the water was running! It turns out Roto Rooter had to come out. It didn't take long to find out that the pipe was frozen.

Next up was a flurry of activity related to training camps, foreign news reports, the Amgen Tour of California, etc. I'm sure on this front that things will be just as busy today.

Finally - and most important - was Olivia having to stay home from school. She just was not feeling well. So with the help of Aunt Jean and Aunt Dee-Dee, hopefully her day was at least bearable. I know that when the other girls picked her up, there were comments like, "Faker!" and "What did you do all day, poop?" UGH. I am going to have to spend a little more time on treating others like we would treat Christ.

Did anyone else see this photo?


I was amazed to learn it was a "Twitpic." When I first saw it, my first thought was that it had been Photoshopped. It was too "composed" and even had a nice glow from the sunset. But it's legit - taken by a guy on one of the rescue ferries responding to splash landing of US Airways Flight 1549. Wow.

A Bird Strike?

The crash was witnessed by ABC's Robin Roberts.
Conspiracy theorists are ripping their keyboards, feverishly refuting that it was indeed a bird that struck a US Airways jet this afternoon and caused it to plunge into the Hudson River.

Is Al Qaeda training birds? Birds large enough, according to the FAA, to show up on radar?

Was this in fact an act of terrorism that brought down US Airways Flight 1549 as it was on its way to Charlotte?

Either way, this pilot - if he has survived - will be hailed as a hero.