8.29.2005

The Beauty and the Horror of Nature

Proof that the scariest things in nature can be the most beautiful.

Obviously, this was not the saddest or most shocking event of the day, but CNN's Hurricane One was damaged in Gulfport. Awwwwww. I thought that pimped-out Hummer would make it!

Oh, and the Weather Channel's website had a 350% increase in traffic on Sunday. Wow.

EDIT 10:30 pm: Hearing Jeanne Meserve break down on a phoner while talking about the rescuers trying to save people in East New Orleans was the most heartbreaking interview I've heard since the tsunami. Between that and the unbelievable pictures and sad tales like our weatherman Justin Bruce's family losing five homes in flooding today, it's just overwhelming. If the area was spared the worst, I don't want to think about what the worst could've been. And once the pictures start coming out of Biloxi tomorrow, it'll probably be even more terrible. Sometimes me and others in the news biz may get lost in the drama of the action, but we never lose our hearts. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this, and I truly hope that all those who are refugeed in Nashville right now have a place to go home to in a few days.

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