Sunday, August 28, 2011

Frazzled

So this is Monday Me … yeehaw! I haven’t been doing much, bugging folks on Twitter while I tried to take my mind off of Irene. I have friends who have been affected by this storm; one in SC that I still haven’t heard from. I worry, and when I worry I don’t focus very well. Even with the medication it’s hard to keep the bipolar under control when I’m like this. So I flit from thing to thing like a hummingbird, except I’m bigger. But I have discovered a couple of things:

1. There is no great site on the internet to watch streams of storm coverage except the Weather Channel, and that has lousy audio. No, really. Tried to watch it at work on Saturday and could barely hear it even with the volume at max. Slightly better at home with my exterior speakers, but still not fantastic. They need to fix that.

2. And I forget what number two was ….


I blame that entirely on the heat. 106 today (at DFW airport, 107 according to weatherbug), I think I saw Brendan Frasier and a camel walk by …. The weatherornotguys keep saying it’ll be better in September. Well let me tell you … Thursday is September and it’ll still be triple digits. I’m not impressed ….

Oh wait, I remember what number 2 was .. oh wait, no, that wasn’t it.

And then, my chapter newsletter was eaten by my computer. Had everything but 2 pages done, just cut and paste stuff. Went to open it tonight to slip it in and … it wasn’t there. Not even in my recent documents. *knocks head on desk*

Full circle now, I’m thankful that my friends are safe (I just now heard from the one in SC), that even though there are 20 dead – I’m thankful it wasn’t more, it had that potential. Property can be replaced. I’m thankful that shelters learned a lesson from Katrina and allowed pets. That’s why a lot of people died back then; they wouldn’t leave their pets behind. I wouldn’t have. With every tragedy there are lessons learned. I’ve already heard people complaining about the “hype” when the storm fizzled out at NYC – and your point is? At the time there wasn’t anything else they could do. Should they have waited until it hit land, went through NC then hit Virginia before deciding whether or not people should evacuate? Doesn’t work that way. Sorry. One little turn, a few more mph on the gusts and things would have been different. I’m glad that NYC and others landed on the side of caution, it was the prudent thing to do. These same gripers would have been screaming their heads off if this stuff hadn’t been done and the storm hit as predicted. You can never please everyone.

Have a great week everyone! Hug your loved ones, shoot – hug your enemies, it’ll piss them off.

8 comments:

Brandy said...

Sorry about your newsletter, but may I say the comment about the camel and Brendan Frasier walking by cracked me up? *g* You're right, you can't please everyone, best to weigh on the side of caution.
Hope it cools down for you soon.

Bailey Stewart said...

Actually, it feels more like Hope and Crosby on the road to Morocco ....

Caroline Clemmons said...

Sorry about the newsletter. I hate when that happens. I could have choked this woman who said she hoped it didn't rain here because then she couldn't lay out and tan. Hello? Anyway, nice post.

Bailey Stewart said...

Thanks for dropping in Caroline!! I swear, this winter I'm gonna slap the first person who says "I can't wait until summer".

MK Chester said...

I agree that this storm was handled so much better. What do people say, hope for the best and prepare for the worst? Something like that...

Bailey Stewart said...

Yeah Marty .. and if they had waited until it got closer to NYC to send any alerts/evacuation orders and Irene didn't weaken? More than 48 (count now) people would have died.

Susan said...

We got hit hard here in Northeastern PA. Many people still don't have electricity. Here in the mountains we had high winds and a lot of rain. Wish we could send some of it your way.

Bailey Stewart said...

Susan!!!!!!! How are you honey? You know, I still have a hard time thinking of Pennsylvania and hurricanes, I know, I know .. but it doesn't matter, it will not compute in my mind. I'm glad y'all are okay too! And yes, the areas north of NYC got what NYC was expecting, and the death toll has risen. But all of my friends are safe and that's all that matters to me.