Getting a bit of a biblical tint today, aren’t we? Following up on what Todd wrote about Oklahoma City fans already voting on what to call “their” new team, I happened to check that story last night, and I noticed something odd.

While OKC fans fiddle, their state is being destroyed. Check out this screen grab from The Oklahoman.

The top four stories of the day are about the damage from tornadoes that came through Oklahoma and Missouri last weekend (all
the TV stations where I was in Columbia, MO had “tornado watch” with the map of affected counties on them…which is not particularly helpful when you are in for a weekend and have no idea what county you are in).

Then, on the top of the screen, yet another tornado watch scrolls by–containing, it appears, practically every county in the state.

Now–would I ever suggest that a vengeful God is punishing Oklahoma City’s residents for stealing our basketball team, thus throwing myself down in the muck with batshit crazy televangelists who blame Hurricane Katrina on gay-friendlyness? Yes. Yes I would.

This is just the start, Oklahoma City–should you succeed in stealing our Sonics, expect a plague of misfortunes to befall you: Expect Barbara Hedges as Oklahoma’s new AD, Rodney Guillory as your ethics commission chair, P.J. Carlesimo as your NBA team’s coach. Oh.