too sad...

this country may have the biggest strongest most powerful military in the world

but it still can't use all that power to hold back a storm

the likes of which we have never seen before

but 

if you are one of the few who believe that  this planet is going through changes

we will see again...

last night we were told that things are gearing up

weather wise

for another off shore storm

not a hurricane
but maybe a

Nor'easter

they don't know for sure

but it's a big maybe

I'm sure you've seen the pictures
 on line
on TV
and in the newspapers

heard the stories

seen the horror and sadness

the heartbreak of a group of people caught up in

the changes

this has happened in other parts of the world lately

bigger storms

stronger storms

violence brought down on puny humans 

who can't do anything but get out of the way

hundreds of thousands of little tiny people facing
Nature 

that does what it does
without emotion or malice or thought

it isn't "God" punishing anybody for anything

not for who you love

or marry

what your skin colour is

how much money you have

or don't have

there is no reason

other than
planets go through changes...(or we wouldn't be here??!!)
and 

we've not been very intelligent about how we do things

and I don't see us changing anything soon to  

"fix what we broke"

no one listens anymore

and those that have the power and the money

don't care

very much

sorry but that's how I see it

politicians talk

leaders talk

power companies make excuses and say it's too costly to put the utilities underground and quite frankly I'm not sure how they would do it no after all this time..have you seen neighborhoods lately???

gas companies wait to turn the gas off ???

they don't use common sense and just do it

mandatory evacuations aren't mandatory....
from now on they should be...

as the saying goes

you can replace a house but not the people 

but some think they are untouchable

I understand completely about not wanting to leave

wanting to stay with all your 

stuff

and hang on to what you know

but you can't 

not when a monster comes crawling up the coast

 it doesn't care that grandma's stuff is in the attic

and that you want to keep it

it doesn't care...

no amount of preparedness

by us
 or the government

is enough
by the looks of it

the declarations of emergency were declared

well before the storm

supposedly things were moved into place

I saw the streams of linesmen coming into the areas

all lined up and ready to go

they closed the bridges and tunnels and everything else to try to stop the people from moving
we had warning
and to be completely fair
most people listened and did what they should
when they act sensibly...
and now what...
the most densely populated area is in shambles
it's almost too much to comprehend
it goes on for miles and seemingly forever
and it's so sad
so very very sad
and the one thing that I can't stop thinking about
is that
I keep hearing that they don't have shoes
I am fixated on that fact it seems

they don't have shoes...
...........................................?

hopefully it will all start moving faster and things will start being done to help rather than hinder
it's been four days now and the shock is wearing off
and
 they'll start getting angry
and
I for one don't blame them if it doesn't get moving soon
clear heads need to go and help
it's a huge and complicated problem to solve


but
 it's going to take time to clear it and fix it
and
"make it all like it was before"
and not much will change
because it seems

that isn't what we do
we want to keep grandmas stuff
up in the attic
where we think it belongs.