Talking Weather, Doing Nothing

Conventional wisdom has it that Mark Twain said: “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.”

Just to be sure I looked it up in Google and found the comment attributed to two others as well as Twain. (Names not relevant here.) Point is that all of us along the East Coast have had enough weather to last us quite a while. And we're still talking about it.

It's been pouring all day today and more is in store. My wife finds it comforting to call friends and relatives and chat the day away. I read and blog and play Spider Solitaire. We also watch and listen to water overwhelming our French drains in the basement. We're used to it. The new dehumidifier is working overtime.

Many people are much worse off than we are but that doesn't stop us from talking about the weather. Doing something is another matter. We do what we can and hope for the best.

You know the old saying: “Stuff (sanitized version) happens, it's how you deal with it.”

Ante up.