Are we in Kansas?

Today's surreal windstorm has already unleashed itself upon Chicago and is heading to my fair city, Ann Arbor, shortly.  The unusual weather has us all running a little worried today.  To distract myself from thoughts of global climate change and my poor cats at home, I'm remembering the midwestern storm in the Wizard of Oz.  Can you believe that this classic is over 70 years old?  Look at the art deco scenery, a technicolor marvel in its own right.  Imagine what it would've been like to experience color in the movie theater and seeing those bright red ruby slippers for the first time after a world in only black and white.  Or the shimmering green glass of Oz itself.  We've come a long way on the big screen since 1939, wonderment now in 3-D form, but Oz endures like no other. - l.o.d.