Great to see you on CFHC. There are some professional mets (Ed, Jason Kelly, Greg) that pop out of the woodwork from time to time to add some real insight into things when they get interesting. I agree with your first post completely, and I can't deny in my heart that I don't want at least a little taste of the action.

Yeah. The central European situation is really sad. Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Austria, northern Italy, Germany have all borne the brunt of flash flooding and river overflows. There was a good piece on CNN.com yesterday which had about 30 pictures you could browse through. I have a lot of empathy for those people because of New Orlean's suseptibility to flooding. We haven't had any major flooding on the Southshore since Tropical Storm Frances, but you can bet every 3-5 years, at least 10,000 homes will be inundated. I've been there. The difference here is that the water ponds and bowls where over there it flows because of the topography. Sad any way you look at it.

Again, welcome.

Steve