By no means have I watched all of the Olympic events, but there are some that I caught over the weekend that interested me.
First, is the Olympic sport of handball that bears little resemblance of the sport I played when I was a young man.
The sport now resembles soccer and basketball and there’s a goalie.
I read something about handball goalies having the toughest job.
I think all goalies in sports have a difficult job.
After all, the defense could collapse and yet when a goal is made the goalie is often blamed.
I’m always amazed at the sport of skulling as rowers facing the opposition direction they’re going propel themselves with speed and synchronized movements.
Watching Olympic basketball interests me knowing the U.S. players largely come from pro teams where they make millions.
In the Olympics, the team USA players do seem to perform in a sense of defending the U.S. records set over the years.
I like watching the games, if not to learn about sports that normally hold little interest for me.
While it’s not an Olympic sport, I’ve watching with considerable interest the ordeal we’re having with natural disasters.
We’re never prepared as we should be.
CenterPoint Energy’s ordeal should be an awakening, but I’m certain it will be another one of Texas energy giants that can’t muster a decent response to heat, wind or ice.
People in Texas die from the heat and cold and our state leaders don’t ever seem to come to grips with the problems.
CenterPoint is a horrifying example.
It talked Public Utilities Commission into approving buying $800 million for generators that CenterPoint said would be used as mobile units, making roughly $30 million on the deal.
Problem is the generators are huge and not mobile and they weren’t used at all for Beryl, last May’s derecho, or Alberto, and CenterPoint customers went days without power in Beryl alone.
CenterPoint blamed toppled trees and branches for leaving 80% of its area customers without power.
I thought Jackson Electric Cooperative accounted for itself in Beryl.
JEC had its share of problems with downed lines and customers without power.
We’re JEC customers and went 18 hours without power, but compared to millions others we were fortunate.
We’ve got to understand climate change is real and not some meme the far right can bully others into ignoring the consequences.
