Rant #1,969: A Time of Remembrance

Harvey, you let us down.

If you remember the Rant on Friday, you know that I talked about the possibilities of Harvey, and how I could not believe that any storm named Harvey could be devastating based on the one, actual Harvey that I knew in my life.

Well, that thinking was wrong.

It was devastating.

Harvey got up to Category 4 storm status, and it ripped apart Houston and several other Texas areas. It is a lingering storm and the five inches of rain an hour it was bringing has been topped with many more inches.

What I saw on TV was really horrid, and it reminded me of Hurricane Sandy, which hit by me and whose affects are still being felt today, years after it hit us.

And I am sure that those areas hit by Harvey will be talking about this hurricane for years to come, too.

That is what makes this past weekend so interesting, showing that Mother Nature really is fickle.

In Texas, you had Harvey, a storm that impacted millions of people, took away homes, washed away highways, and put people in life-changing situations.

Move to my neck of the woods, and you had a weekend that was one we probably won't remember for very long, but at least we won't remember it for the wrong reasons.

We had sun all weekend, and although it was the end of August, we had temperatures like we have in late April, in the mid to high 70s.

It might not have been swimming weather, but it was pleasant as it could be this weekend, and the weather forecasters have predicted much of the same for the days leading up to Labor Day, highs in the mid 70s and only a day or two when we should expect rain.

At this point, you would want the same type of weather we are having to hit Texas, but right now, that isn't going to happen.

The last I checked, the storm wasn't moving very fast, there were some lingering affects of the brutality of the storm being felt, and when Harvey finally goes away, the people of Houston and some other hard hit areas will have to deal with the aftermath, which is not pretty at all ...

As opposed to those of us in the northeast, whose only problem right now is whether to stick with the summer shorts or start to get out the fall wear right now.

We know how lucky we are, and we are even sending certain personnel to the storm-torn areas to help out.

Harvey, you let us all down, and now, when I think of Harvey, I will also have to think of this terrible, terrible storm.

For all those years, Harvey was a nice childhood memory for me, but now, it is mixed with such grief and despair.

And I am sure we will feel it up here, too, as the forecasters say that our gas prices will go up as a result of this storm.

Something to look forward to, I guess, a residual affect of the weather disturbance.

So, in a way, we will get it too, but nothing like Texas did.

If I have to pay a dime or a quarter more for gas, I will still be OK.

At least my house isn't in pieces.