Aug 22 2008
Where’s Noah?
The deluge continues. It’s been four days and four nights of heavy rain. Should I start building an ark?
We lost power this morning for a few hours. When it came back on, I almost thought, “Thank God.” Okay, so I don’t believe in a gawd of any form, so perhaps my innate proclivity to thank a single agent should have been directed . . . where? “Thank you, Progress Energy”?
As I type this the rain has just now petered out and the wind abated. Is it only for now, or for days and maybe months? Although I wish I could control the course of the weather, I know I can’t, so I won’t bother engaging in any form of comforting but ultimately useless busywork, such as praying or chanting or dancing or sticking a four-leaf clover in the pages of National Geographic.
(BTW, the above fish is called a schoolmaster and it was photographed while snorkeling in the Bahamas. In the background is dead coral rubble.)
