Finding Nemo? More correctly, Nemo is finding us. We in the Northeast are more or less, what you'd call 'battening down the hatches'. Actually, there are no hatches to batten, but it's a good line. We're loading up on ice melter, finding our snow shovels, and checking the batteries in our flashlights.
The powers at the Weather Channel, have decided they need to name every storm, these days. Therefore, it's Nemo that's coming to wreak havoc on the poor folks in the East, this time.
An incredible number of people are still either homeless, or nearly so from Super Storm Sandy, that hit the East Coast in October. Jobs that evaporated, are still non-existent. Homes where lives were lived, children were raised, and people grew old, are still vacant lots and piles of debris. Now, those poor souls are once again challenged by the elements.
We're only supposed to get a few inches of snow, and the blizzard wind is only supposed to 'gust' to 40 mph or so, here in central Upstate NY. On the coast, in lower NY, and in New England, they're expecting feet of snow, and winds of 60 mph, plus.
It's a helpless feeling, watching any storm coming at you. Whether it's a hurricane, tsunami, blizzard, or one of those slow moving rain storms that deposit feet of water as they move overhead, it's grim. There's nothing anyone can do. The weather always wins.
It may seem there is nothing to do now, but sit it out. However, we can do something useful as we wait for it to pass. No, I'm not advocating prayer as a solution. I've never seen it turn away a storm, or rebuild a crushed roof. People make the difference. The people who weren't affected directly by the disaster, are the ones I'm talking about.
Right now, it's time to be thinking about where you'll best be able to direct your resources. Consider where your efforts, donation, or kindness will be put to the best use. I'm not suggesting anything, or recommending any charitable organization, or community leader, you should seek out. I know that they are out there. I know that I'll be on my computer looking for the best place, for me, to do whatever I can. It pays to be prepared, even if the storm passes less than dramatically. Hopefully it won't be half the disaster the National Weather Service says it's going to be. Maybe if we're all prepared, it won't be so bad after all.
Let's be careful, and hope for the best.
The powers at the Weather Channel, have decided they need to name every storm, these days. Therefore, it's Nemo that's coming to wreak havoc on the poor folks in the East, this time.
An incredible number of people are still either homeless, or nearly so from Super Storm Sandy, that hit the East Coast in October. Jobs that evaporated, are still non-existent. Homes where lives were lived, children were raised, and people grew old, are still vacant lots and piles of debris. Now, those poor souls are once again challenged by the elements.
We're only supposed to get a few inches of snow, and the blizzard wind is only supposed to 'gust' to 40 mph or so, here in central Upstate NY. On the coast, in lower NY, and in New England, they're expecting feet of snow, and winds of 60 mph, plus.
It's a helpless feeling, watching any storm coming at you. Whether it's a hurricane, tsunami, blizzard, or one of those slow moving rain storms that deposit feet of water as they move overhead, it's grim. There's nothing anyone can do. The weather always wins.
It may seem there is nothing to do now, but sit it out. However, we can do something useful as we wait for it to pass. No, I'm not advocating prayer as a solution. I've never seen it turn away a storm, or rebuild a crushed roof. People make the difference. The people who weren't affected directly by the disaster, are the ones I'm talking about.
Right now, it's time to be thinking about where you'll best be able to direct your resources. Consider where your efforts, donation, or kindness will be put to the best use. I'm not suggesting anything, or recommending any charitable organization, or community leader, you should seek out. I know that they are out there. I know that I'll be on my computer looking for the best place, for me, to do whatever I can. It pays to be prepared, even if the storm passes less than dramatically. Hopefully it won't be half the disaster the National Weather Service says it's going to be. Maybe if we're all prepared, it won't be so bad after all.
Let's be careful, and hope for the best.
