Twenty three years ago on this day in 1992 Hurricane Andrew demolished Homestead. A category 5 hurricane. They don’t come any worse.
Three weeks later, I drove through Homestead on my way to Key West. I had flown into Miami and intentionally opted to drive so I could see Homestead. What I saw was not nice.
Not a building standing. An occasional wall. Everything else ground rubble. Berlin looked better at the end of World War II.
Andrew has been described as the most fearsome and costliest storm.
I did not drive through Homestead streets. The elevated highway still stood. The same one we drive over today.
Danny is weakening. Good! Wind is fickle. Fortunately so in this instance.
A strange weekend for me. Sunday, monday and tuesday are hard working days. Writing the KONK column and getting ready for my tuesday night blog talk radio show. This weekend I am a day ahead. My column was done saturday instead of sunday. Monday is generally spent preparing for tuesday’s radio show. I did it yesterday. I have one hour of fine tuning which I will do tomorrow.
Which means, today a screw off day for me!
I was able to sneak some golf watching time in. Pleased for David Love III’s winning. He is 51. Unusual for a senior to come out on top.
Tiger Woods played the best he has in years. Came in tenth. Was in the run for the title till he took a triple bogey on 11 yesterday.
It was 7 by the time the golf tournament was over. My sunday nights usually include Roostica for spaghetti, meatballs and sausage. I decided to stay in and cook. Made rigatonis. No sauce. Some oil with salt, pepper and a few ground herbs. Delicious.
Watched Singing In The Rain on TV lat night. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. An old time musical. The great dance and singing scene by Gene Kelly.
The rainy season is upon the Florida keys. It has been raining heavy at some point in the afternoon every day. Not for long.
I sent this week’s KONK Life column to the publisher yesterday morning. Legalization of Prostitution. The column is actually a combination of two. Two years ago, I wrote an article re the effects of Germany’s having legalized prostitution in 2002. I combined the two writings for this week’s column.
I did not cover the moral aspect. Except for a comment by St. Augustine. Something to the effect that prostitution was immoral, but a necessary evil.
Nor did I take a position on the legalization issue.
New Hartford, NY is next door to my home town of Utica. The two actually touch. Cross the street and move from one to the other.
A New Hartford resident made the sports news big time yesterday. His name, Derek Bard. Bard is a junior at the University of Virginia. He was in the finals of the US Amateur. He lost to Bryson De Chambeau, an SMU senior.
I do not know Derek. However, I congratulate him. There is always next year. And then the pros if he is so inclined.
Enjoy your day!
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/steven-vincent-louisiana-state-trooper-dies-after-being-shot-head-n414836
While not on topic of the Hurricane. Where are the protests and indignation at this man’s murder? And, unlike, Michael Brown of Ferguson fame and glory, this man never committed any crime but the one of trying to feed his family honorably.
No lawyers will line up to demand millions, no preachers will clasp hands to walk hand in hand down the streets demanding justice. Political correctness is a disease of unreality. That is, it paints a picture of a world that is not real, in the real world good people die and are forgotten, idiots and thugs are gloried and elevated, at the expense of a civilized nation.
We are ROME, circa the fourth centurion AD. Make no mistake about it and plan accordingly.
Blue lives do matter ! Some day maybe everyone will realize that.
well said Marty…we are headed for the fall same as Rome