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Finale thoughts on Rita

Started by Texas Ranger, November 09, 2005, 09:52:37 AM

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Texas Ranger

And kinda an off shoot of "What would our forefathers think"

Rita gently kissed us here in Livingston, 30 miles east and the world changed, she romped and stomped the structures of man.  Many survived, better contstruction than expected.  30 miles east of that and Rita took revenge on mankind for his abuses of nature.  30 miles east of that and it was judgement day.

But, our forefathers would be proud of their  off spring.  Neighbors helping neighbors, mainly because government did not.  Neighborhoods working together to clean their streets, some even to fix the power lines.  Feeding the ones that lost everything.  Housing those that lost everything.  The mayor of Houston was reelected yesterday with 93% of the votes cast.  He led the city in the support of refugees that were, and still are, a terrific cost to his city.  Local public workers bent over backwards to help their neighbors without waiting for the politicians to wake up.  Some politicians were us, working for their neighbors, usually the local politicians, as the ones not in the storm looked on and got in cat fights with the feds.

There were instances of government with their heads up their downspout, doing things that compounded the misery, at other times they were magnificent in their efforts to provide basics to the people.

In other words, just humans with all our strength and weaknesses.

But, the first night after the storm, power was out for 200 miles to the east, 100 miles north, and 50 miles west and south.  My brother in law,the rocket scientist, and I were out and looked up and saw a night sky that neither of us had seen in years.  Like the line from "2001"  "It's full of stars!"

We looked up and saw what our ancestors saw for melliniums, saw all the wonders of a world completely out of our control.  The start of religion, the start of the race to the stars.  The beauty of a clear night sky after the storm.

Our forefathers would understand that we are still looking beyond what we have, and to the next horizon.  Rita was a hickup in natures plan, but she showed us that we can and will push on, that there is a tomorrow, and that we can still be proud of who and what we are made of, star stuff.
The Ranger, home of Texas Forestry

Gary_C

Very well said. Glad to hear that Texas is well on the way to recovery.

Regardless of where I am, at home on the prairie or in the woods at night, that clear night sky can just take your breath away with it's brilliance. One of the natural wonders that people living near urban areas miss.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Norm


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