### City Hall Feels Quiet, But Keep Watching the Skies

Good morning, Peterborough. Marcus Otonabee-Singh here on the Morning Wire, flowing to you from the Electric City.

Here's the thing about Peterborough, sometimes the currents from City Hall feel like a steady river, and other times, it's more like a quiet backwater. This past week, the flow of new civic information was particularly gentle. We saw a bit of a dry spell, with the open data portal not offering up its usual bounty. It's like the wellspring was taking a moment to recharge.

Despite the quiet on the civic data front, one thing that kept surfacing was the weather.

* Several advisories were issued for our area.

* The specifics were a bit hazy, but the message was clear: keep an eye on the skies.

* It reminds us that even when human systems slow, the natural world, particularly the temperamental Otonabee, keeps flowing and changing.

It's a reminder that here in Peterborough, we live by the river, and we're always connected to its rhythms, both the human-made and the natural. We're a city that watches the horizon, for both data and clouds.

This is the Electric City — small town, big current. Let's go.

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