The day after is not, I would say, a time to be happy when a big, powerful hurricane has just passed over. Naturally there are people who are thankful that they didn\’t come out of the storm as badly as they might have; but those who must rebuild I\’m sure aren\’t jumping for joy.

New Orleans so far has had minimal impact from Laura, but we aren\’t quite out of the woods yet. We were under a tornado watch much of the day, and there was still a wind advisory.

The day after has been gray and overcast locally, with some thunder here and there. The only \”riding\” I got was 15 minutes in the trainer at lunchtime. I was glad I hadn\’t tried to go for a ride, however short, outdoors. It began to rain and the lightning began to act up as well.

Laura is now downgraded to a tropical storm, and is moving into Arkansas. That was one mean storm, too. Reports of storm-related fatalities are beginning to emerge. A chemical plant in southwestern Louisiana caught fire; something about all the rain causing a reaction with the chemicals.

And hurricane season still has three full months left! If only we could be sure that cycling would help keep hurricanes away, I bet there would be many people doing much more riding.