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18
Sep 17

The Cruel Season

Maybe there have been years as bad as this. I haven’t been paying attention for very long, in the big scheme of things. This hurricane season seems… just cruel.

Harvey was bad. Irma was horrible. Now comes Maria and you just have to hope the oceans cool down and steal the strength from anything yet to form far out in the Eastern Atlantic.

The Keys got clobbered. Rebuilding is going to take a while. Robbies pretty well rolled over, a place so full of fond memories for thousands of Keys-goers.

Photo from Miami Herald

From not too long ago.

Places to give:

Guides Trust Foundation – guides from the Keys
USVI relief – They got hammered and have fewer resources than most of the rest of the US.
Red Cross – Because they are everywhere, working hard.
Greater Houston Community Foundation – Let’s not forget about Harvey.

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04
Sep 17

Hurricane Season

First thing I do when I wake up is check the status of Irma. It looks like a bad one and it is headed for a lot of places that have touched my life. Thinking of all of you in the storm’s path.

I can’t ignore that there, right now, appears to be another potential storm in the far Eastern Atlantic and there is another potential storm in the Gulf and while those storms may, or may not organize, I can’t help but worry about even more destruction following in the wake of both the destruction that has already happened from Harvey and that which is about to befall so many from Irma.

Now, I’m pretty sure these storms were not caused because there are gay people, as some would believe, I do believe Climate Change played a role.

Hurricanes have been going on as long as there have been seas on which they could form, but our seas are getting warmer and warmer seas feed hurricanes and, well, just do the math on that.

Let’s not stick our heads in the sand any longer.

We need to do better.

That said… those in the path of Irma, those impacted by Harvey, those to be impacted by whatever else follows… my thoughts are with you.

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