# I cheated the Reaper today.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cheated-the-reaper-today/16190>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cheated-the-reaper-today/16190 "2000-04-20T20:23:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cheated-the-reaper-today/16190/1 "2000-04-20T20:23:00Z")

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Purely through dumb luck I beat death or serious injury.

I was walking across Indiana University’s campus about 2:30 p.m. today when a thunderstorm or a tornado or a micro-burst hit Bloomington. I dashed to the safety of the Health, Physical Education & Recreation building to beat the rain and, once inside, looked back. I saw high winds blow down – where I had been walking about 20 seconds before – one small tree, about 30 feet in length; two branches from a large tree that were about as big as the downed tree; and several smaller branches from assorted trees.

An ironic note: Before leaving home this morning, I removed a large branch from the road because it nearly made traffic impassible. Since it blew down from an old tree near my yard, I felt responsible.

Ain’t spring weather great?

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Armed, dangerous …  
and off my medication.

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**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cheated-the-reaper-today/16190/2 "2000-04-20T20:33:00Z")

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Peyote,

Glad to hear that you made it, and are undamaged.

😃

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**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cheated-the-reaper-today/16190/3 "2000-04-20T20:37:00Z")

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Thank God you’re OK! Go out and buy a lottery ticket. And don’t forget to call everyone you know and tell them you love them 🙂  
Zette

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“If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit)  
[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html)  
Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that?

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**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cheated-the-reaper-today/16190/4 "2000-04-20T21:15:00Z")

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Ah, to be back home in Indiana…

Glad you’re ok, but sad for the trees though; Bloomington is pretty.

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VB  
I’ve performed a complete diagnosis of your car. It’s broken.

- A Wally original!