Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, drummer for Avenged Sevengold is dead

Amidst all the fake celebrity death hoaxes, including Nick Jonas, Will Smith and Miley Cyrus which you can see to your left, one real one that has already shaken the music world is Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. He was the "drumtastic" man of Avenged Sevengold.

My Colleague Davie Cook, the Davidson County Headlines examiner reported on this as well;

"Avenged Sevenfold drummer dead: Jimmy Sullivan, drummer for the band Avenged Sevenfold, is dead at the age of 28. Reports indicate that it appears as if the drummer died of natural causes, although his death is being investigated."

Curiously, it is perplexing though, how a 28 year old can die of seemingly natural causes. It is plausable that someone can have a heart attack, but natural may just mean that he fell assleep and did not awaken.

Wikipedia states on his site;

James Owen Sullivan was found dead at his home in Huntington Beach, California Monday December 28, 2009 at 1PM. Orange County Coroners office was investigating Jimmy Sullivan's passing the Rev

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

West Michigan braces for second winter storm

GRAND RAPIDS -- The incoming winter storm barreling across the Midwest is expected to first bring snow, then rain, then change to snow again amid high winds in what meteorologists call a "complicated" weather event.

The Grand Rapids area could see 1-2 inches of snow today and another 1-3 inches tonight before temperatures begin to rise into the mid-30s after midnight.

TRACKING THE STORY
Top 5 December snowfalls for Grand Rapids:

Dec. 11, 2000 -- 14.2 inches
Dec. 26, 2001 -- 11.9 inches
Dec. 11, 1970 -- 10.3 inches
Dec. 19, 2008 -- 10.2 inches
Dec. 19, 1929 -- 10 inches

Source: National Weather Service

The worst part of the storm is expected Wednesday night into Thursday morning, when temperatures are expected to plummet into the teens as blowing, heavy snow comes into the area.

"You can imagine with all the slush on the roads and 35 mph wind gusts what it's going to be like," said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Sekelsky in Grand Rapids. "Thursday morning is looking like a really treacherous-driving situation," he said, with near-blizzard conditions possible.

"This is going to be a long-duration storm with multiple impacts," he said. "Basically, it's tracking right through the heart of southwestern lower Michigan. It's an unusual event with the strength of the storm."

After temperatures fall below freezing late Wednesday afternoon, snow could accumulate above 6 inches in the Grand Rapids area and continue falling into Thursday as lake-effect snow bands set up, Sekelsky said.

The heaviest snowfall is expected in areas north of Grand Rapids, including Cadillac and Ludington, where temperatures will remain below freezing through the next few days. The area could see more than a foot of snow, Sekelsky said.

Original Posted By: John Tunison | The Grand Rapids Press