The Lynnertic

Don’t Panic

It’s your tax dollars at work!

A low-flying Presidential 747 circled Lower Manhattan several times Monday morning, accompanied by a helicopter and two F-16’s as part of an Air Force photo-op.

New Yorkers Panic. Buildings are evacuated and rumor quickly spreads about a hijacking. The Police Department claims that the FAA barred them from alerting the public about the flight. The Air Force scuffs the dirt and says that it’s SNAFU, flights like this happen quite often. The White House apologizes.

First-person accounts from Staten Island:

My two year old was looking out my bedroom window and told me he was saying hello to the people on the plane! A few minutes later I saw the jumbo jet being escorted by a fighter plane flying over St. George! All I saw was a tremendous planes underbelly. It was very scary! I immediately called my husband who works in midtown. Shame on you to anyone who thinks we should not have been scared or concerned. You obviously were not in NYC on 9/11! -Victory724

I live in an apartment building on the North Shore. My terrace faces Newark Airport and Manhattan is on my right. This plane was so low I thought it was going to hit my building. We saw a fighter jet following so of course we thought the worst. It went over Newark, over Silver Lake Park and looked as if it was heading straight towards us but then it turned towards Manhattan. I was so scared I grabbed my son and ran for the door. We didn’t notice the presidential seal until it made it’s SECOND turn over the park…that’s how low it was and how close to our building it was. I am so angry and so upset. A little tip for this administration….if you’re going to fly a plane over NYC notify the residents esp., because of 9/11 WTC survivors and family members. - twittertweet

Gems from Democratic Underground’s Peanut Gallery:

It’s too close to Cheney warning of another attack and the torture memo’s being released not to make some of us suspicious about this. - KoKo

I hope they don’t do a documentary on anthrax in our mail. -blueworld

2009 Crop Circle Season Begins

The first crop circle of the 2009 season was reported on April 19, according to Crop Circle Connector. It appeared in a field of rapeseed (a.k.a. canola in America).

It reminds me of a symbol commonly used to designate Internet podcasts, such as this logo for Disneyland™ podcasts.

I believe it to be man-made because in two photos I can see lines defining quadrants in the circle running through the center disc, and one line (running left-to-right in the top image) is slightly off-center.