For the record, I didn’t intend to scale back quite so drastically or quite so quickly, but in a variety of respects (mostly having to do with various responsibilities), summer ended early. It didn’t help that it took me until last night to get through the long-awaited novel A Dance with Dragons, by George R.R. Martin.
But hey, if Drudge can run a hurricane path graphic and the accompanying headline for days on end, surely we can get away with light posting. According to the Weather Channel’s interactive map, we’re right at the border of the point at which hurricane Irene fades from a major threat to a dramatic storm.
Just to be safe, though, be sure to get out to the store and buy some milk. Nothing wards off extreme weather quite so effectively as a large distribution of dairy in refrigerators across the state.