Limerick of the United States

There was an old man from America,
an expert in weather esoterica,
“If you look out your window,
and you see a tornado,
there’s a great chance that you’re in America.”


*At 1,200 tornadoes per year, the United States is the undisputed champion of this weather phenomena. The #2 country — the adjacent nation of Canada — has more than an order of magnitude fewer tornadoes. (And most other countries with significant numbers of tornadoes are in the tens.)

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Lanier in Autumn

Taken at Lake Lanier in October of 2011.

DAILY PHOTO: Lounging Cotton-Top Tamarin

Taken at Lincoln Park Zoo in the summer of 2018.

DAILY PHOTO: F-35 with Vapor Cone

Taken at the 2018 Chicago Air & Water Show

DAILY PHOTO: Tall Grass & Trees

Taken on the South River Trail in Georgia [US] in December of 2010

DAILY PHOTO: Fungi on a Field of Green

Taken in the Autumn of 2011 at Kolomoki Mounds State Park, Georgia

DAILY PHOTO: Houston Skyline

Taken in August of 2018 in Houston, Texas

DAILY PHOTO: Mossy Tree

Taken in the summer of 2012 at Fort Federica National Monument in Georgia

DAILY PHOTO: Barn in the Countryside

Taken in DeKalb County, Georgia in October of 2011.

DAILY PHOTO: Scarlet Ibis

Taken in the summer of 2018 at Lincoln Park Zoo.