Aftermath of a Windstorm

... At least, that was what I was planning to blog about. Death and destruction, on a miniature scale.

I'm leaving that aside for now; the "real thing", in human scale, is in the news. Go read.

Chris Mooney's blog is following the story closely: Time to Panic over Cyclone Sidr, and Preparing for Sidr from the other Side of the World are the two latest posts. (As of 6:00 PM PST)

Greg Laden has more: Hundreds of Thousands of People May Die Tomorrow Afternoon in Hurricane. "A Category 4 hurricane/cyclone is about to plow into what might be the most vulnerable place on the earth..."

CNN, inexplicably, has not carried the story yet. But it is up on CBC (Canada).

From the comments on The Intersection: "Nearly 10 million Bangladeshis live in vulnerable points along the coast, but there are storm shelters for only half a million people".

I will get back to our local storm and its ravages anon.