Dear Editor:
I have to say thats the best rationalization of a phobia Ive heard yet. I bet your going after NASCAR next.
When I was a kid, I use to tell my overly fearful mother, Yeah, and a B-52 might crash into our house too. Be damned if it didnt happen in Orlando, 50 miles away and 10 years later. Glad I moved away from Florida before it happened!
Lets see, now. Theres a balloon festival in Mancos and a satellite crashing down to earth this week too. If you go to www.WizardofOz.com and type in the question What is the probability of dying at an air show due to a plane crash, or worse? my guess is that therell be Valium ads on the answer page.
Just remember, that even if you climb down into your prairie dog hole feeling all safe and secure, there just might be a great big vacuum cleaner that comes along and sucks you up in a whirlwind and blows you off into oblivion before you know it.
There are many tragedies that happen in this world and the Reno Air Show crash ranks among the horrific. But, life is about how you live the challenges you face and the choices you make not about how you depart.
That being said, if someone comes through town offering rides in a P-51, Ill be the first in line and Ill be begging to have the controls. Zooommmmmmmmmmm!
Rich Davis
Dolores
Via CortezJournal.com
