It's THAT time of year again

Every year, sometime about the beginning of summer, the random Florida death machine cranks up. It's generally sharks. On occasion, it's actually been a microbe. This year, however, it's GATORS! EEK!

Okay, I'm sorry for the people who've lost their loved ones. I genuinely am. However, out of the (likely - just a guess!) hundreds of deaths each week in this state, we're going to concentrate on the three that were freak events. Gators typically do NOT touch humans, and they won't attack unless they or their eggs are threatened. Right now is when Gators have eggs in the nest.

We'll not even get into the heavy issues facing this country or this state. Frankly, there are so many things wrong on so many levels, I don't even know where to begin. Just this morning, I watched a dude flip his SUV because he was driving about 50-60 miles per hour through a PARKING LOT. That, to me, is much more worthy of the press than the Gator Deaths.

At the end, however, it's just not sexy to warn folks to keep sane speed in a parking lot (where, I might add, I would have been WALKING just a few seconds later - I'm CERTAIN the truck would have won had it hit me.... even more dangerous than a Gator, even!). It sells better to walk about gators and body parts and other things like that.

So be warned! The Gators have had it with their second billing to sharks, and they're on the attack! If you find yourself being chased by a Gator, remember to run in a zig-zag, and away from whatever body of water you're near.