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Yesterday I had a strange thought: could it be the purpose of living in the hurricane belt has a purpose besides fear?
For example, while hearing a friend describe how he packed up his medical instruments, helped his four children gather their important "thing" to take with them on their escape from Wilma, it occurred to me having to "choose" what is really, really important from time to time is a good thing.
When I look around at all the "stuff" of life that surrounds me (sometimes, hounds me), I pause. I remember Uncle Kia, who lives in Waipio Valley, Hawaii. He told me his valley floods about every 10 years. Enough so that the "white glove technique" is enabled. That is, the flood causes all the extraneous clutter and seemingly important things to drift away when the water comes and then eventually recedes, leaving a refreshed environment.
A white-glove technique?
Interesting.
November 5 2005, 20:43:40 UTC 6 years ago
Michael says
The islanders welcomed the hurricanes due to the cleaning effect it had on the rodents,diseases,etc......great concepts....the USA army corp of engineers built them cement brick/block homes which they let the jungle take over....reasons; caused respiratory disease,...the bricks held the moisture so they went back to their folli type home and let the trade winds clean out the moisture and create relief from the days heat.Anonymous
November 5 2005, 22:28:24 UTC 6 years ago
Montana winters
For someone born and raised in Seattle where it is mostly cloudy andrainy, I can see why the beautiful weather with sunshine and a
comparatively lower housing market would beckon. The Chamber of
Commerce would only show the plusses and, up until this hurricane
season, a little wind there seldom excited us who live far from there.
Another thought that comes to my mind is a certain person's close ties
to a Montana winter Florida certainly sounds like Heaven.
November 5 2005, 22:37:17 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Montana winters
Wow, thanks for the reminder about Montana winters. My Dad most definitely wanted to escape them.December 12 2005, 18:04:52 UTC 6 years ago
Oya
In West African Religion, Yoruba and the diaspors (voodoo, condomble', etc0 there is an Orisha (Diety) named OYA. Oya is the Orisha of the storm, lightning, tornadoes, she inspires intellect, conncets us with the ancestors and presides over the marketplace as well. One of Oyas missions (as an energy type) is to expose what is there, (racism & classism in the case of Katrina) clear away what is not needed, and leave plenty of room for new growth.December 12 2005, 19:58:49 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Oya
Very interesting POV ... I love the concept. There is so much about NOLA that has come into view through Katrina it is as if the Gods have come to the rescue.