I've always liked thunder-and-lightning storms. Maybe it's because I used to live on a hill where I could watch the lightning crackle over the woods and fields behind; maybe it's because I was born in one. Not so fond of tornados and hurricanes -- but I will say that (as a journalist) they can be fun *because everyone wants to talk about them.* A big storm is one of the few occasions when people will want to talk to newspapers and other media about what happened to them, so everyone will know what happened to them. (Which does not mean that I want to live through another Night of 30 Tornados just to have something to write about...)
Big storms are above personality and morality; they just happen. They don't need to be assigned "goodness" or "evil". In D&D terms, they're true neutral.
But today I sat and watched what was coming, and prayed, and spun wool, and got fuck-all done in terms of the writing that I'd planned to do all day today. And now I'm waiting to see what the rain will be like when it gets up here.
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Date: 2005-08-30 03:19 am (UTC)Big storms are above personality and morality; they just happen. They don't need to be assigned "goodness" or "evil". In D&D terms, they're true neutral.
But today I sat and watched what was coming, and prayed, and spun wool, and got fuck-all done in terms of the writing that I'd planned to do all day today. And now I'm waiting to see what the rain will be like when it gets up here.