There's one thing I'll definitely refute...

by domer.mq , Monday, April 18, 2011, 09:43 (5547 days ago) @ Jay

I'll refute that "anyone" should have known that the 27th was a day when they "should have known" it was a horrible day to have kids out on lifts simply by virtue of some sort of osmosis of national headlines.

The 26th was, for anyone not paying attention to the ND football program, the day of note. The 27th was actually relatively "unremarkable" after the 26th came to pass.

http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/Windpocalypse_Wreaks_Havoc_On_Midwest_105857158.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/10/windpocalypse-bears-down-on-illinois.html

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/windpocalyspe_maybe_but_first.html

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/national/windpocalypse-hits-midwest-10262010

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/26/chiclone-wreaks-havoc-on-chicago-and-midwest/

Also note the trends on google between 26th and 27th October...

26th: http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X&date=2010-10-26#

27th: http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X&date=2010-10-27#

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