Before the storm

Questions, questions. I've got many questions on my mind as I'm writing this.

A few of them will get answered tonight: Will it rain at the football game I'm covering? How much? Will there be high winds? Thunder and lightning? Will they have to suspend the game? Or even complete it the next day?

The weather forecast says it's supposed to be windy; a squall line should be moving through the Upper Midwest late this afternoon, with thunderstorms, high winds and maybe even hail. When the storms move through, there could be lightning. If that happens during the game, they suspend it until the lightning is gone--they don't mess around with that. If it doesn't go away, they could call it a night and complete the game on Saturday (when the weather's supposed to be much nicer). If it's just rain and wind, though, they'll play through it.

Five years ago, I covered a game that was suspended by lightning and then ended early when more storms moved in. Ironically, only a few drops of rain fell--until I was driving home. (I had some photos from that game, but the backup CD I made with my crappy old work computer can't be read by my sleek new 'puter.)

A year or two later, I covered a game in Houghton--and also got to see the last few minutes of a game close to home in Crystal Falls, because that game had been interrupted for about two hours by a storm. That one ended at about 11 p.m.

Anyway, this weekend should be much less stressful for me than the one before. If I can find a little time, I plan to do more work on this blogsite. I've located a decent looking shoutbox, so you should be seeing that before long. I also worked on a header image last night.

Like all the rest of you, I'm working on this rehab project little by little as I can find the free time. There's not a lot of free time in September, of course.

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As for the last blog: Aren't the rest of you into economics?