From a political scientist:

Jonah:
After the fun Friday night we had riding out Hurricane Rita in the Houston ‘burbs, my wife and I walked outside Saturday morning to survey the damage (mainly broken tree limbs, downed telephone lines, and a couple of cracked windows). My wife’s large hibiscus bush appeared to be the biggest casualty from the storm — it took a direct hit, crushed by a big branch that fell off one of our pine trees.
I promptly looked skyward and screamed: “Mennnndoooooozaaa!” My wife and our neighbors thought that I had lost my mind…