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Here is a list of things I expect to find when I grab my coffee and open the paper to the weather section:

1. The forecast
2. A colorful map
3. Maybe some weather trivia or something

Here are some things I don't expect to see:

1. Sanctimonious bullshit editorial content
2. There is no number 2

Given those staunch requirements, it's a good thing I didn't read Paul Douglas' weather blurb on Sunday, isn't it? Oh wait, I guess I did. Whoops.

In case you missed it:

Katrina has left be with questions. Which countries that we've helped over the years will come to our aid to rebuild the Gulf Coast? We're a nation of sitting ducks. Will Katrina force us to rethink the wisdom of building homes on the coast, in hurricane alley? Will American taxpayers allow hurricane survivors to rebuild their homes, in the same vulnerable areas, time and time again? In the wake of damage to Gulf oil facilities, will we finally take steps to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and get serious about energy alternatives and conservation? Will the slow and steady warming we're witnessing create a new generation of superstorms? I wonder. I'm still hopeful we'll harness new technologies and find the political will to do the right thing. Our weather is a wondrous afterthought as temperatures mellow to august like levels.

I also wonder. I wonder if all this nonsensical rambling means that it's going to rain on my Labor Day barbeque? I wonder if maybe I should ask a weatherman in one of the countries we've helped over the years? Or maybe I should get serious about weather and reduce my dependence on weather "personalities" and start exclusively using NOAA's Online Forecasts. I just hope I can find the will to do the right thing.

Please god say he drives a SOOV in from Elk River every day.