As always, the Cross endures. Photo of the altar inside Notre Dame by Reuters' Philippe Wojazer An amazing story of courage: A Catholic priest worked with firefighters and risked his life to save the Blessed Sacrament and Jesus' Crown of Thorns from the Notre Dame fire. The must read story is here . Some other thought on the loss of Notre Dame (also a must-read) are here . There is very good news: all three Rose Windows survived. Ongoing coverage here .

...illustrate why, if you don't have a basement or safe room, the best place to shelter during a tornado is a closet or bathroom in the middle of the home. Those extra walls around you could save your life. Via Twitter

Roger is referring to the likelihood of severe thunderstorms and, perhaps the first tornadoes of the season in the Great Plains, later this week. Regarding my books, here is Roger's link .

From Twitter. Mr. Wilbon is a cohost of the sports show Pardon the Interruption. Please focus on the fact he is griping about an interruption of a replay.

Last week, there was another  insightful article about the real issues involved in the global warming religion.  Progressives see climate change as not only a crisis [it isn't, by any means]  but also an opportunity. As argued by Naomi Klein in her 2014 best-selling book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a climate movement inspired by bold policy proposal such as the Green New Deal, and equal in intensity to political movements that balled slavery and colonialism, would allow an alliance of left-wind groups to achieve a diverse range of social justice goals. For progressive, climate change, she argued, is the best chance to right the "festering wrongs" of colonialism and slavery, "the unfinished business of liberalism."  The overarching aim of the Ocasio-Cortez/Markey plan is to transition the United States into a social democracy in the mold of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and then to spread a similar Green New Deal mo...

Sports Illustrated Had the Master's begun play at the time originally scheduled, they would not have finished without lightning and rain delays. Play would likely have been extended into Monday. The screen capture below (with storms moving NE) would have been about the time they would have been, on the original schedule, approaching Amen Corner. See the little "swirl" symbol NNW of Augusta? That is a report of wind damage from a possible tornado while play was wrapping up. So, congratulations to Tiger Woods and to the meteorologists and the Augusta National officials who took their forecast seriously. Yet, even with this success, there were still unhappy people. Above is a sample (from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)  of irate tweets due to coverage of a tornado  warning in the northeast part of the Atlanta metro. I went back and looked at the data and it is below. Focus on the circled area northeast of Stone Mountain. click t enlarge On the lef...

We a geographically large tornado threat today. The brown, 5%, is the significant threshold for tornadoes and I recommend monitoring the weather in these areas as the day progresses. Tornado watches are already out in the southern part of this area.