I am sitting here looking out the back window at a tree that is positively still. There doesn't even seem to be a gentle breeze milling about. There has been some brief rain, but none that I saw or heard. I only know it rained because I see the patio is wet.
When I switch the channel back to local news, there is a totally different picture. Galveston is getting slammed with the edge of the Hurricane. It has not quite made landfall as far as I can tell, but the current news is about a fire on the Strand in one of the historic buildings. Or maybe it is in the historic district but not a historic building. It is across from the opera house, so I kinda know where they are talking about. It is totally out of control and after an hour, no progress evident in containing it. There is a swirl of sparks that makes the wind visible in an eery way.
Rita, may you stay as calm (here) as you are right now.
we were watching that fire on cnn last night close to midnight. looked impossible to control with the wind blowing it all over the place. I just tuned into cnn again this morning. looks pretty windy but its been downgraded...so thats good!
ReplyDeletekeep drinking tho...they say there is a storm surge coming.