What Bush should have done about Katrina (non-PC)

It finally came to me, lolling around in bed this morning. Before coffee, of course, so I don't expect the idea to stand up under sober investigation. But what should W have done?

Nuked the eyewall. Might take more than one bomb, of course, hurricanes pack a lot of energy and you'd have to disrupt the circulation.

But what's the point of having a squad of "Hurricane Hunters" if you never give them a chance to _shoot?_

(And the cleanup would have been cheaper.)

Mark your calendars

(Whether marked to attend or scrupulously avoid is up to you.)

If you wish to acquire a copy of DRAGON'S EYE* personally signed and inscribed by the critically-acclaimed author**, an Author Event will occur at the Bangor, Maine branch of Borders Books, Music, and Cafe on Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 2:00 PM.

Formal attire required for gentlemen and ladies -- optional for others.

*Other titles by the same author will, allegedly, be available for custom treatment.

**Says so right in the advertising copy. Believe your Rice Krispies, folks.

Sunday roadkill report

Actually very little roadkill to list. A few specimens of squirrel (red, gray, and chipmunk all represented) plastered across the asphalt, a couple of flat garter snakes, and some porcupine shreds really too old to count.

A tad chilly at the start, wore my Polartec vest for the first five miles until the frost thawed (hyperbole alert) but otherwise gorgeous day. If you discount the wind in my face on all three legs of the triangle route...

Got passed twice by a couple on a tandem bike, first time I've seen one of those in the wild. Yeah, they were faster than me. Damn well should be, with twice the horsepower and higher hull speed.

46.25 miles, 3:24:30