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Thursday, August 16, 2007

The Perfect Storm ...

... And I'm not even referring to Tropical Storm Erin.

Tonight was one of those nights at work where just the right number of things all happened at once and converged to create the perfect disaster of an evening. And I was just lucky enough to be on A1 duty when it happened. You see, on any given front page, you often have one big package of stories that all go together. Some of these go on the front, and the rest go on the jump page. Tonight, there were three of those packages — all on the front page. Just having one of those would have required quite a bit of work. Three was just unheard of (for me at least). I just lived through it all and don't particularly want to relive it, so I won't bore you with the details. Just know that no one died and we made deadline. Some nights, that's all you can hope for.

And then there was the real storm. This one isn't so perfect, but it is bearing down on the Coastal Bend. Tropical Storm Erin is supposed to come ashore between 9 a.m. and noon today, likely just north of Corpus. By tropical storm standards, it's a fairly week storm — winds just above 40 mph. Here on the ever-windy coast, that isn't so outrageous. What's going to get us though is the inches and inches of rain it's going to drop on an already saturated coast. Flooding is going to happen again tomorrow. It's just a question of where and if I'll drive by another submerged vehicle on the way to work. Overhead street signs were particularly helpful as I came home from work last night. People shouldn't try driving through standing water, so the signs offered this spot-on advice:

Turn around
Don't drown


Thanks road signs. I'll keep that in mind.

I'll be storm watching tomorrow morning and early afternoon before I have to head in to work. Perhaps I'll have some of my own pictures. Stay tuned ...

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