No, we re not here to make a political fashion statement, nor to herald Al s ability to perform the aquatic equivalent of changing a tire without damaging a pair of hip-hugging anklebiters. Nay, the brouhaha is about water, and the supposed excessive use thereof by a Presidential candidate who self-champions as an environmental standard bearer. Now Sell Chicken Of The Sea. This was done, claims the opposition, so Al wouldn t be caught paddling his canoe on dry land, or photographed skimming past the partially submerged Grand Union shopping carts. The Cry Me A River campaign jokes are already in the can.
Water level rises rapidly and without notice.
This is because the celebrated artificial flooding, ostensibly done to keep the self-proclaimed inventor of the Internet from running aground, is done routinely up heah, by periodically releasing said floodwaters from the Wilder Dam. Ask anyone who lives in Wilder, Vermont. Point is, this inland tidal surge is done routinely at this time of year. If it isn t, well, please refer back to the nomadic chicken farmer scenario. Granted, this time out, the timing was pushed up a few hours to complement Al s photo op, but it would have happened anyway.