One onlooker said: 'It just goes to show you can have all the money in the world but you cant control the weather - although an Italian saying says a wet bride is a happy and lucky bride.' The article (above)  about the "freak" thunderstorm is here . I strongly suspect that a meteorologist could have alerted them in plenty of time to implement their Plan B (assuming they had one) or at least have avoided getting everyone and their expensive clothing soaked. Unfortunately, weather is the "all purpose excuse." As I am Italian (yes, really), Mr. Bezos can send a private jet for me. I'll charge only my standard fee. 😉  P.S. This incident reminds me of going out to eat in Baltimore about this time five years ago. A severe thunderstorm was approaching and, from the Doppler, I knew it would produce damaging winds. So, I told the hostess they had to get the people off the patio as soon as possible. Patio diners were sitting at glass tables with huge umbrellas i...

Multiple news outlets are reporting that a tornado (over water it would be a waterspout) struck a yacht  A 184-foot sailboat yacht was capsized by a tornado off the coast of Sicily this morning. One is confirmed dead with a number missing. There were 22 passengers and crew. Among them is British "tycoon" Mike Lynch. Reports are still coming in.  There is a long history of boats being capsized by tornadoes. For example, 1978, the Kansas show boat Whippoorwill was sunk by a small tornado killing 16.