Rita's Shadow

Apparently, Rita is the third most powerful Hurricane on US record (which began 1851). I'm in Austin, Texas. This morning on my way to Texas Telecom, I saw 10 miles worth of clogged traffic on the otherside of the road. I hate to admit it, but I've been working so hard lately that I assumed it was construction (and if you're from "these parts", you'll probably understand that error).

I have nothing profound to say about this impending disaster. "Meaning" is a human construct -- and Rita is a lifeless reality that happens to be very incompatible with our ways of doing things. Perhaps that might sound cold -- yet, the closer one looks at nature, the more one realizes that our world itself is "cold".

Its 12:29 in the AM. The sky is crystal clear in Austin. I suspect the situation will be very different in 24 hours.