Remembering Isabel We are nearing the end of September and there have been no Atlantic hurricanes. In 2003 we were not so lucky. On the 19th of September hurricane Isabel came up the Chesapeake flooding us up to the windowsills. When we finished recovery and remodeling I marked the high water line with a plaque on the kitchen wall. The plaque is modeled on the Plimsoll lines painted on ocean-going ships to indicate the safe loading level for adequate flotation. Several years later I further remembered Isabel with a painting of King Lear, accompanied by his fool, raging at the storm: "Rage, blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes!" The storm shows many faces to Lear, activated by Shakespeare's breath, upper right.
