A picture in today’s Los Angeles Times shows dark clouds above the downtown Los Angeles skyline, and is captioned:

Storm clouds fill the sky above downtown Los Angeles. The recent rain has forced many Southland residents, accustomed to sunny weather, to alter their daily routines.

I imagine that, in thousands of households across the country, the ink on this photo is smearing from the tears shed by Americans young and old, as they weep for the Angelenos forced to alter their daily routines. Their sympathy is likely rivaled only by that felt by people across the world as they read the tragic reports of the high prices Americans are forced to pay for gasoline.