Well, if we really must get a hurricane – you know, as an odd form of empathizing with those whoreally had hurricanes – Jose is the way to go. His clean, fresh, northerly winds and a power spattering of once-tropical rains were, well, refreshing.

Thankfully, our humble little, non-hit hurricane caused no ravaging. For me, it sparked the immortal song line, “Jose, can you see, by the dawn’s early light?” The dawn found us just fine.Gracious, Joe.