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Friday, July 25, 2008

Thunderstorms

My writing prompt today was to answer the question "How do you feel during a thunderstorm?" Normally, I would have an easy time writing this, but today my feelings are a bit mixed. The reason for the mixed emotions is fairly simple, there was a tornado that swept through part of New Hampshire yesterday. While this is not a thunderstorm, we were also having the thunder and lightning that tends to go along with tornado.

Warning: Digression in Progress! Okay, now there are a few tornadoes in New Hampshire's history, but not many. Weather is so messed up lately. We did not really have a Spring; we had Winter then Summer, no season in between. It was the same with Autumn last year. It was in the 90's in October, and then the temperature plummeted in November and we had snow for Thanksgiving. I used to like New England because of the season changes, but no there are just two seasons: hot and snow. Bush is finally saying that there is a climate change, I think I am going to faint now. /end digress

Anyways, with the tornado, there was one death and a great deal of property damage. I am saddened by the loss of life, and for those that have lost their homes and are without power. I have some fear of natural disasters, tornadoes being one of them. I also think that many of the weather and planetary shifts happening currently are due to things that man has done, which saddens me all the more.

I am glad that many people are beginning to take steps to improve some of the damage we have done. It is also an interesting thought realizing that the earth itself does not need us to save it. Because, if we all die off, the world will continue without us. What is really needed is for us to preserve our home. This is the one home we have, and if we destroy it, unless we get really creative really quickly, we are not going to get another one. Darn! I digressed again!

Back to weather... I actually really enjoy thunderstorms. I love to watch lightning and find it beautiful and fascinating. Summer storms are exhilarating to me, the thunder rumbling brings on images of ancient gods. I can see why so many cultures relate to thunder and lightning to deities; there is so much power and wonder involved with a cloudburst. I could stare at the sparks of electricity dance across the sky for hours. The fact that it is so changeable is one of the things that draws me to the sky during a storm.

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