Hurricane Rita is the 17th storm of the 2005 hurricane season. I don't know if it is the busiest season ever, but it will be a long remembered one after the destruction wrought by Katrina. As if that was not enough, this hurricane is also headed to the Gulf coast. And in a cruel twist of fate, it is forcing evacuees from New Orleans to move again from Houston to shelters inland.
I believe that every hurricane season, the agency that chooses names for hurricanes makes a list of 21 names. They are afraid they may run out of names before the season ends at the end of November.
I wonder if there is scientific research going on that is looking at ways to quell storms before they become hurricanes and hit land. That would be a perfect way to play offense. Waiting for the storms to hit and dissipate is proving to be far too destructive.
Ironically there is a silver lining in all this. Destruction forces people to pick up the pieces and rebuild, guaranteeing a flood (no pun intended) of investment money. The economy benefits and so do people who can provide services that are critical in the rebuilding effort.
For someone who has lost a house or maybe even loved ones, all this is probably moot. For them life will never be the same again.
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