It was you, wasn’t it? I could barely look at you, my heart was so electrified. I was stunned at your appearance, your presence. I was speechless. You said hello I said hello and I froze.
I knew right then it was you, but I babbled on to the attendant at the counter.
You were as I have pictured - as I had hoped and dreamed.
I was frozen. How would I should I respond?
It was You.
Are you the teacher, or the student?
Am I, the teacher or the student?
It is you and me. When will I see you again?
With IKE aimed at the gulf coast of Texas - a storm the size of the state of Texas - pushing enough water to create a tsunami - a wall easily 20 feet high and as wide as the coast. I went to Google Earth and had an aerial tour of the Galveston and Houston area. This is a very powerful storm and I feel for everyone and thing in its path.
I will be interested in seeing how the “experts” assess the post storm conditions on a “managed beach” or an “unmanaged beach”. From what I saw, Galveston has a hardened structure (the seawall…) the length (or near length) of the island. That alone would make it a managed beach, I think. That’s a hot topic for the Town of Fort Myers Beach. There is a beach (re)nourishment project that has been on the table for over ten years. Many officials and residents are in favor, and many are against. The feds and the state and the county want to move forward, but beach residents have concerns. Anyway, didn’t mean to get into local issues, but I am interested to hear from the coastal engineers, FEMA, etc.
From my Google aerial tour, Galveston has a shape and size similar to Fort Myers Beach. A discussion today with a co-worker, I mentioned that FMB is sometimes called FL’s safest beach, because of how we sit along the gulf coast, a direct hit from a major hurricane is rare.
I feel for Texas.
I took some moments tonight to sit in my garden . Lately, I ‘ve been working Late- and often get home after sundown. Tonight, I was home by 6:00 PM. So I watched the evening news, which, I haven’t done in a very long time, then I sat out in my garden.
The air was heavy. I made that observation leaving Town Hall on my way home. Today was the first patch of real blue sky in several days. The winds were high, the air was thick. Ike’s debris.
Two twenty-something girls rent next door to me, and we share stairs, porch and parking. They have many young friends, some who ride motorcycles.
As I sat out, a twenty-something man came out and fired up a motorcycle.
I waived hello.
He waived back and we exchanged “how are yous.
And he said, “enjoyin’ a nice night out?
And I said, Yes…
…except the No-Seeums are bad.”
And He said:
“Only if you’re standing still.”
I woke around 5:30 AM and remembered my dream:
I dialed a telephone number as a response to a radio announcement to call to win. I hung up before the call connected. Then the phone rang, I picked it up and said, “Hello” A man asked “Is this Michelle?” And I said, “Yes” and he said, “You’ve won!” "$10.00~!" and then he asked, “Which sweepstakes were you entered in?” and I replied, “Publishers Clearinghouse, $5,000 a week for life” and the man then said, “You’ve won $392.00 from our Virginia office, and you’ll be hearing from Louisiana.”
Then I woke up.
I'm giggling at the way these hurricane images update themselves. I dont' have techie knowledge of how that's working. I right clicked and copied, and pasted and there it is. But it's great fun now to see the progression! After the storm dissipates, what will display? ..watching and waiting, I guess.
When I look at this forecast, I'm reminded of Maxwell Smart: "Missed it by this much...!"
Relieved to be out of the "cone"...my prayers to Texas ....
i am interested in hearing opinions from you as to the theory that NASA is experimenting with weather control, and failed experiements are resulting in monster storms - Katrina and Rita, and possibly Ike.
