Last week I flew back to Columbia, Missouri to attend my friend August Kryger‘s wedding to Amanda Shea.  I flew into Saint Louis on Thursday and the following day, a few hours after consulting with my committee members to figure out the right direction for my master’s project on Asian carp, a tornado touched down at the airport.  By the time I flew out on Tuesday, STL was up and running once again, and plywood replaced the glass that had been shattered during the storm.