Who would have thought it possible?
The news these past few days, has been one of overwhelming flooding in Southern Alberta. Every night television has some new story dealing with this possibly record breaking natural disaster. The Elbow and Bow have inundated downtown, evacuation orders have been sent and the Saddledome is now an Olympic sized swimming pool! The internet is a click away from vivid photos, editorials, man/woman on the spot videos and of course, the obligatory politicians scrambling for the spotlight, and that's what it is.
Once yet again... Mother Nature proves who's boss. As if we somehow believe we can control everything in our lives with technology, ingenuity and human mastery. People forget this planet has been doing "it's" thing for several billion years and we, like so many before us, are merely fleas on her back, here only, holding on by our fingernails clinging by gravity. After all, a T Rex had a peanut sized brain inside that massive skull, and the dinosaurs were around for hundreds of millions of years, far longer than we have (will?) be, and they didn't have high rises, stealth aircraft, nuclear submarines, Windows operating systems or Martha Stewart. We're doing plenty of harm to the planet on our own, without these natural occurrences taking place daily somewhere on the globe.
Not to downplay the fact that this is a mini disaster for everything in its path, humans and animals and vegetation, but really, who are we trying to kid.
The planet went through cataclysmic evolution throughout its life and is still doing so.
Our collective arses kicked, yet again...
The news these past few days, has been one of overwhelming flooding in Southern Alberta. Every night television has some new story dealing with this possibly record breaking natural disaster. The Elbow and Bow have inundated downtown, evacuation orders have been sent and the Saddledome is now an Olympic sized swimming pool! The internet is a click away from vivid photos, editorials, man/woman on the spot videos and of course, the obligatory politicians scrambling for the spotlight, and that's what it is.
Once yet again... Mother Nature proves who's boss. As if we somehow believe we can control everything in our lives with technology, ingenuity and human mastery. People forget this planet has been doing "it's" thing for several billion years and we, like so many before us, are merely fleas on her back, here only, holding on by our fingernails clinging by gravity. After all, a T Rex had a peanut sized brain inside that massive skull, and the dinosaurs were around for hundreds of millions of years, far longer than we have (will?) be, and they didn't have high rises, stealth aircraft, nuclear submarines, Windows operating systems or Martha Stewart. We're doing plenty of harm to the planet on our own, without these natural occurrences taking place daily somewhere on the globe.
Not to downplay the fact that this is a mini disaster for everything in its path, humans and animals and vegetation, but really, who are we trying to kid.
The planet went through cataclysmic evolution throughout its life and is still doing so.
Our collective arses kicked, yet again...
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