Friday, August 28, 2020

Storms - In Nature and Among People

It's 5:20 am, it's thundering and raining outside, and I'm running a time deadline today with a 7:30 am dermatologist appointment, so today's blog might be short and sweet. That's OK, though. I can manage a quick post despite the rain and thunder booming overhead. 



Hurricane Laura landed hard and moved inland with
torrential rain and high winds causing wide swaths
of destruction. 



Of course, the past 24 hours haven't seen a lot of relaxed times. In the south, Hurricane Laura smashed into Louisiana causing swaths of property damage and at least one death. Closer to home, the riots in Wisconsin and supplementary riots elsewhere are still going on - Portland, Kenosha, and other cities expressing their frustration at racism expressed by so many others.  



The riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin continued, and sympathy riots in other places
also seem to be continuing. My own city was placed under curfew again
last night, for the first time since the George Floyd protests earlier in
the summer. The world is on fire. 



I recall reading a book many years ago that postulated the extinction of the "white" race as it subsumed into the various shades of brown shared by most of the world. It's one more step towards homogenization of race, and probably will happen - but not overnight. It's one of those things that anthropologists postulate will happen within a few hundred, maybe even a few thousand years. 




Of course this is world population percentages, but
Caucasian isn't a majority. and probably never was. 



Right now, though, I'm just trying to nail my schedule and hope that I can get in and out of places without getting drenched. It's raining with more thunderstorms on their way, and even though they aren't long storms, while they're moving over, they are producing drenching, pounding rain. I'd rather not see my doctor totally dripping on the floor, but at least it's really easy to dry off with a bald head - LOL. Have a wonderful Friday, enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow. Be safe, stay well, and please Wear A Mask. 




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