Wife hurls knife when hubby ignores Isabel

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A 70-year-old Florida woman hurled a kitchen knife at her husband when he continued to watch football on TV instead of preparing for Hurricane Isabel.

Joan W. Harris faces a felony aggravated-battery charge in connection with the Sunday afternoon incident, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reported.

"Apparently, the argument began while the husband was watching football, and the wife was insisting he make hurricane preparations for Hurricane Isabel," said police spokesman Kacey Donnell. "He refused and said that he'd get to it at half-time."

The couple could not be reached for comment.

When officers arrived, they discovered a "large pool" of blood on the bathroom floor, hack marks on bedroom doors and Harris' 71-year-old husband sitting on a bathroom sink with a "large laceration" to his right leg.

Donnell said the husband had tried to "discuss the matter at more length with her" at half-time. Meanwhile, Harris grabbed an 8-inch butcher knife and chased her husband of 51 years into the bedroom, he said.