Mnemosyne, Muse of Memory

I walked into school on Monday morning and wanted to celebrate the football win but all the teachers would talk about was the impending doom of the hurricane. One came up and said he would leave to secure his boat if it came ashore in Jersey. Another said he had to go help his uncle get the shore house boarded up. Others remember the storm Floyd and how they lost cars and furnaces. They didn't know what to do with themselves.

I just said, "well, if we are all going to die, let's have a good few days together. Let's get to class". They didn't like that. They wanted me to be hyserical too, I guess. I have lived in West Texas where violent weather is the norm not the exception. You tend to be prepared, make sure you have a good cast iron bathtub and relax because there is not much else you can do.