Day 23 (Fri., Sept. 23)

Oh yeah! Football time. Those Friday Night Lights gave way for my evening. Yesterday I felt really good for going to a football practice. Today I headed out to a real game. Nice! I felt good. I had a deadline and I met it w/ some time to kill. So, at least today I didn't drive my editors crazy by wondering if I was going to file my photo in time. Football was a very cool way to end the day and the work week.

The thing that was on my mind all day was that hurricane Rita that's headed toward the Texas coast. As a matter of fact, as I sit here on the side of my bed writing this, it's just past midnight and the hurricane is fixing to reach land. Tomorrow morning we'll know what happen. But it's scary for now.

I kept on thinking about Galveston all day. All the good times I spent there this summer. One thing that I kept on thinking about was about those cool photos I took there. One photo in particular puts it all into perspective. Here you go (I hope not to offend anyone):

That photo was taken in July when I drove my 4X4 on the beach in Galveston's west end near Jamaica Beach. It's not the first and/or last time I will take a photo where I am showing a little too much by mooning the camera. I usually just do stuff like that to amuse myself. That's the one thing that I learned from watching my favorite movie Grease. I just shoot these photos and put them away. But I guess this photo can finally see the light of day. Is this photo rude? Sure! But I am sure a lot of Galvestonians agree w/ me on this one. There's a big motto which Texas live by:

"Don't Mess W/ Texas!"

So far, everyone's prayers have been heard. Last night I wrote about how cool it was that the hurricane strength was coming down and that it went from a category five to a four. Well, today it went down to a three w/ speeds of 120 miles per hour. Very cool considering that it reached 175 mph less than 36 hours ago. It's still a pretty strong storm, but at least it's not a five...

It's 2:02 a.m. and the newsman just said the eye wall just hit land on the border of Texas and Louisiana. So it is now over land. It's time to see how Mother Nature will treat us. It hurts to hear things the newsperson is saying. "Some historic buildings in Galveston are engulfed in flames," the newscaster said. I fear for the Bishop's Palace and Sacred Heart Cathedral. I hope those places are doing fine right now. It's painful to hear it because there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. Mother Nature is having her way right now. Perhaps she's getting revenge for all those who litter and drive their smoggy cars.

And people say/believe that there is no such thing as global warming... Sure, keep on riding your SUVs and drinking out of styrofoam cups.

It's time to sit and watch what happens. It's time to reflect. We're going to get through it! Can we learn from it? We'll see.

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