Tim Russert
June 14, 2008
“Tim was a man of many passions – his family most of all, his faith, his country, political journalism, baseball and the Buffalo Bills.
As a working class Irish-American with a Jesuit education his range was wide and deep – from the sensibilities of blue-collar voters to the politics of the Vatican, from the power plays on Capitol Hill to the power plays on network television.
Almost all of our conversations – and they went on every day – ended with some version of, ‘Can you believe how lucky we are to be doing this?’” - NBC News’ Tom Brokaw
May 7, 1950 - June 13, 2008
Tornado funnel cloud
June 14, 2008
A huge tornado funnel cloud touches down in Orchard, Iowa, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 9:04 p.m. The Globe Gazette and Mitchell County Press News reported that Lori Mehmen of Orchard, took the photo from outside her front door. Mehmen said the funnel cloud came near the ground and then went back up into the clouds. Besides tree and crop damage, no human injuries were reported.
