There is a reason not to be distracted from the war in china. An important blog entry written yesterday waits to be posted. But just as our government is distracted by elections and often ridiculous moral prejudices so I am distracted by the storm.
Some quick notes: There was a lot of rain. There is a spillway which normally is topped in heavy rains, but all the alternate spillways were overflowing yesterday (when I walked down to it) and the main spillway was completely covered, perhaps the water was a foot over the top. It was too dark by the time the rain let up for the 30 minute walk to get a picture, but maybe I'll get one today
The night before the storm I walked in the breezy evening as it grew dark, with sprays of sprinkles but very little in the way of thick clouds, the moon often showing through. The bands of these storms is very romantic, curved lines of clouds that herald the problems to come.
It makes little sense to watch the weather as these storms make their own histories, but it is interesting to see what is happening around the area. I am all over the coast (From New Orleans to Pensacola) for work; so most of the pictures have specific relevance to me, some more than others as places and people close to me are affected to varying degrees.
There are tornado sirens going off in the distance as this is written given a surreal feel to the morning, but this was of much less effect here than in the places where heavy damage occurred and where the flooding was not restricted to waterways, but took peoples homes. Perhaps there will be more on this later.
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