Mother Nature Proved Me Wrong

published in Galveston Daily News, 8/17/03

by Judge Susan Criss

Most of the major events in my life have been accompanied by hurricanes or tropical storms. Hurricane Carla hit a few months after I was born. Tropical Storm Frances arrived right in the middle of my campaign for judge.

Tropical Storm Bertha sent rain here last year, the day I moved into my house. And Hurricane Alicia...well, that was two days before my wedding.

Many times over the years I have heard my friends complain about what went wrong