Intense

Hurricanes have such innocuous sounding names. Who’d ever think “Beryl” could be such a monster?

Ask the people of certain Caribbean islands like St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Jamaica.  Some islands in the chain are almost completely leveled, 100% of the populations affected, 90% of structures damaged or completely destroyed. It’s always hard to comprehend such damage.

The storm has weakened as it’s moved on to the Yucatan Peninsula and beyond, but will most likely strengthen again before it hits the Texas coast by the end of the weekend.

Meanwhile, in California, the heat has arrived, along with wildfires that have forced the evacuation of at least 30,000 people. It all sounds like Debbie Downer on steroids, like a really bad country song. But it’s just natural forces unfolding the way they’re liable to unfold when things are out of whack.