Tropical Storm Lee is beating the crap out of us right now, and even though I am relishing the blessings of the much cooler air, my decrepit and raggedy body is taking the lower air pressure personally. Yes, it hurts like some psycho giant "body slammed" me and then decided to sit on my back after stomping on my knees. Ouch!
Having grown up in hurricane country, there is something almost musical and mystical about the rhythmic, wave-like motions of the feeder bands off these storms. They make the rain come in spastic cycles, and slanted to boot. Interesting, ya gotta admit. The bouncy limbs of the oak in my front yard get really agitated and whip around when the wind kicks up, and then resume their gentle bouncing as the band passes on through. The taller, but flimsier silver maple in the back yard will no doubt donate some more limbs to the trash heap. It does every time.
Nope, I am not a storm chaser, and not really trying to romanticize the havoc and destruction these suckers can wreak; but when you know you are safely inside, not in a low lying area, and not going to get the brunt of a major hurricane, it is a totally different feeling. They are a part of nature and as such, beautiful, powerful, and magical in their own way.
Of course, if you take into consideration what some of the HAARP conspiracy theorists have to say, it puts a wholly different light on it.
I don't entirely dismiss them either, because, I know that HAARP does exist. It is an electro magnetic pulse generator folks! What good can come of that?! Also, I know the govenment does lie (Love my country, it's the gov't that scares the tar out of me!), and that they were able to keep the building of a whole city in TN (Oak Ridge) secret for so long when they were working on the big bomb; even the governor of TN didn't know about it!
Just sayin'........
There will be media speculation about FEMA again, I am sure. They are allegedly out of money these days. Big surprise.
In all these years (and we have had some major damage/losses) and gone without power for days, having just some plastic to cover our naked roof, we have never taken a dime from the govenment. Honestly. Never really expected to.
Closest we came was accepting some water and food from a Red Cross van that cruised through after Katrina. That was a first, and was nice; some really nice people on that van.
As Thomas Jefferson said, "The government that can give you everything you want, can take everything you have." Something to think about!
Hope your days are full of sunshine and smiles wherever you are.
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