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August 14, 2004
Florida report
Here I am on the Florida East Coast, violating the first rule of my vacation by blogging! Well, there's a two hour delay, and there's free WiFi, so what else can I do? Everyone's talking about the hurricane damage, but there's none to be seen here, because the storm hit the West Coast. One thing struck me while on descent: the place looks like Venice -- built on water. Canals and swamps everywhere. All you need is a little more water, and voila! No more land. Someone who elevates common sense over reality opined that people really "shouldn't be living here." Well, they are. And there's nature and all that. I'm not a moralistic scold, and I think people should live wherever they want, and do whatever they want so long as it doesn't hurt others. Hey, we all take chances with nature. "Acts of God," don't you know. Someone wrote something about the "laws of nature" into the Declaration of Independence, but I can't imagine that being interpreted to say we can't alter nature, or that it isn't our nature to alter nature. Because it is in our nature to alter nature. I don't believe that "Nature's God" is punishing anyone, and I hope all those affected by these two hurricanes can bounce back! UPDATE: Nice image here (although my location is not visible in the picture.) And here's a cool story from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution about the value of blogs in reporting hurricane news (login required, so I will try to quote generously): Blogs go on amid stormI hope it didn't/doesn't too, and I am glad to see the blogosphere in action. ("When there's trouble in the stratosphere" or something.....) MORE: Had to do some link repair. (Had to add links manually; I found the above story in hard copy in a newspaper at the Atlanta airport.) posted by Eric on 08.14.04 at 10:53 AM |
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