Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is about 1,200 miles from Houston, Texas, at the crow flies. But the difference is light years in every other way.
Pewaukee is a town of about 14,000 people in the Lake Country area of Wisconsin. Its main business is making sailboats and yacht gear — the world headquarters of Harkin, Inc.
Houston is the fourth largest city in America — 2.3 million people — and, as everyone knows, Houston’s main business is oil.
The two communities, though, are connected now by Pewaukee’s favorite son and Houston’s favorite football player — J.J. Watt, the four-time Pro Bowl and three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year who has led the charge for help for the flood-ravaged Texas city in All-Pro fashion.