the corner office

Griping about the weather here is a fun pastime, but by and large our 'weather problems' are pretty inconsequential. At times like these I'm grateful that I live more than a mile above sea level, and the worst thing we have to worry about is occasional hail damage.

So soon after Katrina, comes Rita. Measured a few days ago as the third strongest hurricane in the Atlantic in recorded history. It weakened before hitting land, but it still seems to be wreaking havoc. It looks unlikely that the humanitarian crisis is going to be as big a mess as with Katrina, but the economic effects on the USA (and the rest of us as a consequence) might not be pretty.