“FUCK!”

Last week there was a disaster and that disaster has a name.

Hurricane Helene

On Friday I woke up pleasantly surprised to find my power was on. Over 10% of my fellow Floridians – more than a million people – were not so fortunate. At least one was dead with the total toll continually rising.

Nothing to be done?

I took Murphy and Nix on our usual walk to the dog park. Unusually nobody else was there. Had they lost power? Had fallen trees blocked their driveways? Did they have to deal with damage to their cars? Their homes? I didn’t know and at least in some sense did not care. I was content my house was undamaged. A large tree branch almost landed on my car’s windshield but missed by a foot. It was like any other cloudy morning with a slight drizzle. Disaster and death happen all over the world every day and life goes on.