Rain, rain go away

I'm exhausted. It's been raining here almost all day and the only thing I could think of to soothe me, besides some good tunes and more news, is blogging. ...there's gotta be something wrong there. I think I have an addiction.

We were battered with severe storms for most of the morning, and. while the lightning was spectacular and a good thunderstorm is always fun, we barely got up in time for work this morning because the power was knocked out. Not to worry, a handful of my co-workers had the same plight ...

Nonethless, after the lack of evacuations and help for Katrina, it's refreshing to turn on the news tonight and see all the cars plugging the highways in Texas to get out of Rita's path. And then, after the stories of all the people trapped because of the gridlock and running out of gas, there's reports of tanker trucks and busses moving to the highway to rescue them. Where was all this out-of the-box thinking a few weeks ago?

Now if the higher-ups could figure out a way to stop the gas crisis ...

Oh, and, unless you were hiding out on Mars yesterday, you probably know about the JetBlue plane that made an emergency landing. The fact pilots were able to land that plane the way they did while passengers watched it all on television is just plain CRA-zy ...