h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm in the office at the moment and we are in the middle of an amazing storm. There is thunder, lightning, hail and so much water there can't be any left in the sea. One wall of our office is completely glass so we are getting the full effect.

The lights keep flicking and I think we are about to lose all pow 

If you think you had a storm you need to come here (Charleston,South Carolina,USA).
Hurricane "Dennis the Menace" is on his way here. Now that will be a storm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~ouch!!!!!!

I don't envy you - hope you'll be okay.

If it looks like its coming here for sure. I plan on opening a forum for blow by blow coverage until I loss power. (sorry for the pun)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~da-m foot!!

I'll be sure to tune in! My Dad is an amputee btw - some 28 years ago I think!

btw??? I'm btk(blow the knee) amputee. Been this way 7yrs. ever since I ran over a chevy on me mtc

btw=by the way in internetese. He's an above the knee amputee and lost it when the van he was a passenger in crashed into a lampost.

Does he suffer from phamtom pain? He might look at the book called "The Phamtom Brain" its a study of our nerve receptors and how they accomidate physical changes in our bodies.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yeah he does. He says it never goes away - you just learn to ignore it but I know sometimes he gets very irritable which means his foot is itching and of course he can't scratch it!

Well this book may help. It talks about the relationship between receptors and extremities. Such as the hand its next closest receptor is that cheek. Which will over ride the missing extremities nerve sensor.ie. hand itches---cure-scratch that cheek. Un fortunatly the leg the receptor is _____??? genital area.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~