Turns out God did not heed the nutjobs’ prayers; by all accounts, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky in Denver.
Some have pointed out that Hurricane Gustav made landfall during the Republican convention earlier this week. Fortunately for the GOP, Minneapolis/St. Paul is not hurricane country, but Gustav did present an ill-timed distraction.
Locally, a torrential downpour drenched participants in Monday morning’s Mormon Mile footrace. (Note: In keeping with the new law that everything must have a corporate sponsorship, the race has been renamed the MormonTimes.com Mile.)