AFTER THE STORM
6/17/08
I’m not complaining, I’ve only been out of phone service for three days, and had two trees fall near the house. For some technological reason I still have DSL service but no dial tone. You gotta love AT&T . “Were experiencing heavy calling to our Repair line so please wait for the next service technician.” Then after 15 minutes on hold they tell you they can’t get a repairman out to my area until Wednesday. I lost power on Saturday night, and made the phone call to them on Sunday morning from my neighbor’s phone. My phone was the only one in the neigborhood that got Zapped by lightening. The weather report says another thunderstorm is due tonight, with heavy winds. I guess I can only hope we don’t lose anything else.
I am feeling great sympathy for the poor people in Iowa, and the other flooded states in the Mid West. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to see your home floating down a river and all your farmland under three feet of water. I feel very sorry for the poor people in Indonesia, and China and all the other countries experiencing earthquakes and tsunamis and hurricanes. I feel sorry for the million displaced people of New Orleans and Missisippi; who still after three years can not return to their homes. I thought of how lucky I was to be so minimally inconvenianced by the last few violent thunderstorms of last week. Other people in the area had much greater property damage. Measuring my small problems next to so many other people’s problems is like comparing a sprained ankle to an amputation or worse. For all who are suffering the effects of nature’s worst fury, I wish to express my heartfelt sympathy for your losses. Fortunately after a storm the skies clear up and things eventually get cleaned up. The human spirit is a remarkable creation. It is as resilient as iron and as light as air. Collectively the human spirit is invincible, and will survive , and thrive, regardless of what natural or man made calamity threatens it’s existence.
L.A. STEEL
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