Woke up this AM and grabbed the phone, hoping against hope that Irma had turned away, was on course to die over the Atlantic. Sadly that was not so and in fact, the news was worse and Florida will never be the same again. And no matter the spaghetti line, West Palm was to the east, the worst side, and in some cases, right there on the line or so close one could not call the distance. And the thoughts began.
Where will we go? Where can we afford to live? Will there be any chance of rebuilding or even that we will be intact? Multiply that by millions upon millions and add to that murky stew the horrific thought that friends of mine, an aunt of mine, and the thousands of friends and relatives of others are standing in harm's way.
Depressing? Frightening? and use any other adjective you find to describe the situation. I break out in tears, in worry, in fright, in deep and dark fear - where will we go? I hope and pray that the worst scenario will not happen but then I look at videos and pictures of the harm and devastation left in her wake and ..... And then I look on a website and guess what is there, and no, not talking of Jose or Katia, but of yet another wave, a big one, liable to develop, coming right off Africa. Talk of immigrants one does not wish to welcome!!!!
So to my friends and family and to all those there in South Florida and to all of us who fled to safety and stand to lose all other than our lives - pray, be strong, hope and like it or not, be realistic and plan for the possibilities. One cannot live in a room in a house no matter how nice, or in a hotel or motel. Life continues and so must we.
So, need to get my mind off this hurricane bomb waiting to explode in our midst and I think of the hatred that is out there. Bannon, the hater, takes on the Catholic Church and accuses it of making a profit!!!!! on illegal immigrants. Need to hear the invented and twisted explanation on that!!
And a right wing crazy nut fake news 'reporter' took on a kid at a protest and after abuse with ridiculous statements, the kid told him where to get off and called him a f******ng idiot! Right on!!! It is time that they realize that the water flows in both directions and we will not sit there and take it without a response, kind to kind. It appears that this is the only way to get the attention of the extremists but there is a better way. We won a victory yesterday in court when family members were included in the designation of family and the judge asked the government lawyers in "what universe" were grandparents not close relatives?
Junior trips over his own lying tongue trying to get out of his Russian mess and now we find out from Facebook that Russians were trolling the Internet with ads and statements designed to destroy Clinton and boost Trump, and all based on lies and hate and where the hell do they get the chutzpah to interfere in the elections of a sovereign country?
Then we find out that ICE was planning a nation wide raid on immigrants!!! Shades of history as we think and remember and recall all the past mass expulsions of time. Armenians, the Inquisition, pogroms, Tutsi, Rohingya, Christians, Moslems and where does it end? Is this what we have become? Are we trying to emulate the Nazis or the gendarmes or native nationalists who worked for the Nazis and went after Jews, families, anyone, in order to "do their job", but it does not work that way, and plaints that they 'have to eat, feed their families' are not good enough. But social media destroyed the secrecy and the plans - at least for now, shamed at doing this at a time of horror in the country, and yet, as Floridians, legal or not, flock to shelters, a nasty old sheriff threatens to take all with a warrant against them off to jail with a particular aim of illegal immigrants. When is enough? When?
As for the Village and David Israel, it now comes to a point. Will he do his job? Will he be there for the Village residents? The meeting was left a bit too late as supplies were scarce and getaways very difficult to arrange. Will he be prepared for those in the older wood framed buildings, in more danger of collapse than the stronger later ones? Is anyone prepared for the mass tragedy that could be Century Village, here and in the other three?
But we need to wipe out those pictures from our mind. We need to hope that Trump watches his stupid mouth and realizes what is important today and it is not a wall or chasing people or threatening good kids and then confusing them. It is realizing that climate change is here, we are a big part of it and steps, immediate steps, must be taken to alleviate the situation and in the meanwhile, how will the government help the people of these tragedies? Wishing does not make it so, only full realization of truth, proper prioritization, proper funding and a great big open heart, a return to America.
In the meanwhile, stay safe all, pray hard and those of you out of this danger zone, help your fellow Americans when it is over for this will be a devastation beyond anything we have known, and will make Harvey look small in comparison.
Will post again tomorrow night, I hope. Stay safe.
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