"There's too much sky," the great Miami Herald reporter Michael Browning wrote the day after Hurricane Andrew. It was one of those leads that seems uninspired until 23 years later when you realize you still remember it.
This summer, so far, there's been way too much sun. One of the things I like best about Florida - that it is the only place in the United States that gets huge amounts of sunshine and huge amounts of rain - no longer applies. Last night I went out on the balcony to feel and hear and smell the rain, which lasted all of five minutes. It fell not with a roar but a whimper. Putting my hand out to touch it, I felt sadly Californian.
