The Storm
Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 11:39PM So there's a hurricane a comin'!
It's headed my parents' way. I talked to my mom this afternoon. She sounded very calm, ready to go to work and stay there if she needs to for a couple of days (she works in a hospital). Ready for a power outage.
Everything I've read on Facebook (that's where I get all my news) is bad. The states that the storm is expected to affect are prepared for the worst. Subways have been shut down. Airports are shut down. The hatches are battened down, folks! But my friends who live in Virginia all sound so laid back about it. It's amazing, actually. They've all been to the store, have water and flashlights, have been readying snacks. I'm impressed.
I've seen a few pictures of some of the flooding that has occurred. I have to tell you, I'm nervous. It's hard to be far away, feel disconnected from a particular event, and yet feel very much like a bad outcome is going to affect you. I told my mom it was weird because I was driving around town, in the sunny 70 degree back end of a cold front (I know, it's crazy. The kids want hot chocolate if it dips below 76 degrees), with the blue skies above, knowing that a "hybrid superstorm" is about to hit the East Coast but feeling like that sounded just as crazy as me having empty laundry baskets on both sides of the wash. (And I don't mean the left and the right...I mean the dirty pile and the clean pile.)
I'm praying that all the preparation saves people from harm. I pray that the problems caused will be taken care of as efficiently as possible. I pray that losses are counted only in possessions, not persons. May everyone in the path of this storm be comforted and guarded by our Sovereign Lord.
Matthew 8:23-27
And when [Jesus] got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”
Reader Comments (1)
I hope everything turned out well for your folks. What a storm!