Mother Nature
The good 18-miler I had this morning seems pretty unimportant right now.
I'm something of a weather buff. With the advent of the latest hurricane, Katrina, I've been monitoring the Weather Channel and internet weather sources like a hawk. A few days ago, I just selfishly worried this storm would head to Georgia and threaten to flood our house as a previous hurricane nearly did. However, now I'm more concerned about the folks who could not or were not able to evacuate New Orleans. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law is one of those individuals. The hospital which employees her demands her services at this time. Now, a mother in Georgia is tearfully worried about the safety of her daughter. Meanwhile, sister-in-law's husband and their two daughters were able to evacuate and seek refuge in a more amenable location. My tendency towards worrying has now reached fruition as the supposed "worst possible scenario" for New Orleans, a category 5 hurricane, is about to play out. We feel that sister-in-law will be safe in the hospital. It will be a long night tonight as we wait for the ultimate climax of this weather drama to play out tomorrow morning.
I personally credit Fox News for worrying my mother-in-law into a tearful frenzy of concern. Does the media now tend to work folks into an innecessary fervor strictly for ratings? Will this storm be as big as they predict?
I'm something of a weather buff. With the advent of the latest hurricane, Katrina, I've been monitoring the Weather Channel and internet weather sources like a hawk. A few days ago, I just selfishly worried this storm would head to Georgia and threaten to flood our house as a previous hurricane nearly did. However, now I'm more concerned about the folks who could not or were not able to evacuate New Orleans. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law is one of those individuals. The hospital which employees her demands her services at this time. Now, a mother in Georgia is tearfully worried about the safety of her daughter. Meanwhile, sister-in-law's husband and their two daughters were able to evacuate and seek refuge in a more amenable location. My tendency towards worrying has now reached fruition as the supposed "worst possible scenario" for New Orleans, a category 5 hurricane, is about to play out. We feel that sister-in-law will be safe in the hospital. It will be a long night tonight as we wait for the ultimate climax of this weather drama to play out tomorrow morning.
I personally credit Fox News for worrying my mother-in-law into a tearful frenzy of concern. Does the media now tend to work folks into an innecessary fervor strictly for ratings? Will this storm be as big as they predict?
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