It's not nice to fool Mother Nature

This awe-inspiring photo of Hurricane Ike is from Jeff Master's blog over at Weather Underground.

I wonder what Sarah Palin has to say about this storm and the impact of global warming, which has created the warm temperatures that seem to have turned the Gulf of Mexico into a virtual hurricane oven. I'm sure she'll say we have no impact on it whatsoever. But will she regard hurricane relief as "earmarks"?

I wonder what people like Pat Robertson and the like, who enjoyed saying that Katrina was God's revenge on New Orleans for having a gay pride parade, think about this storm hitting George W. Bush's home state.

I hope that those who for whatever reason had to stay behind and ride out the storm stay safe.