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IMEN Gathering -- July
2000
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Gods Crush Nudists'
Cabin
They
say: "Sorry, it was a mistake --
We were aiming at Fundamentalists"
Reported
on the scene and with photos by JIM W.
A true story (Except
for the quotes from the Gods)
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Tragedy was narrowly averted during a
thunderstorm on the Friday night of the 2000 IMEN
gathering in rural Maryland. During dinner an
intense storm brought down power lines, caused a
19-hour power outage, felled trees, and broke a
huge tree limb which knocked a hole in the roof of
one cabin.
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With incredible luck, no one was killed -- or
even injured -- because almost all the campers were
safely in the dining hall. Two campers inside the
cabin at the moment of damage got the scare of
their lives but suffered no injuries; the falling
tree limb smashed only one and a half of the
several rooms inside. Occupants of those two rooms
were both at dinner.
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Before storm
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After storm
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An even bigger tree limb fell in a different
direction, landing neatly between two tents --
narrowly missing both but causing essentially no
damage. Neither was occupied at the time (duh!
you'd have to be quite dumb to think yourself safe
there!), but one was that used by gay naturist
extraordinaire Geremy. The other was apparently
protected from damage by a small rainbow flag
posted at its apex.
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"We've been trying to nail those Southern
fundamentalists for years," said the Gods in charge
of death and destruction. "No one seems to notice
that our supposedly 'natural' disasters tend to
fall more often in areas of the United States where
religious conservatives live." And indeed, there is
empirical evidence that a high gay population
protects a city from most natural disasters (thanks
to some lesbian statisticians for running
the numbers on this question).
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In our exclusive interview, the Divinities
continued: "But when we do wreak havoc, we try to
protect our own -- and Geremy is about as divine as
they come!" It was thought that they did the deed
Friday night specifically so that Geremy could
improvise a costume in time for Saturday
afternoon's cocktail party -- which he did.
To honor Geremy for his courage and fabulosity,
we chose a photo of him in his post-storm costume
as the major icon for this year's pages. Congrats,
Geremy!
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Geremy's fabu hat made of
fallen pine tree limbs
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Wussy Californian sleeps
under pingpong table
for protection
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