enormous iNCoNgrUiTieS|A Beacon of Intermittence

With the recent lightning storms and accompanying power outage the other day I was trying to explain to my kids how to master the fear of the unknown . I’ve tried to teach them over the years that you can’t live your life being scared all the time. Like running away from a mere category 1 hurricane or cringing in fear during a severe thunderstorm, for examples.

For lack of a better word I used the air-hooked “Mother Nature” in my explanation, literally, being sure they were aware of the hooks to avoid any hippie-like connotations. That’s the last thing I need is some hippie teen-agers going on and on about love and mother nature.

So I explain to them in a manner that only a drunken fat man sitting on kayak can do that in any natural event such as a hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami, etc you take the best precautions available given your immediate situation and then relax until the aftermath. I slept right through the the very worst of Hurricane Alicia. It was kinda scary.

Certainly it is imperative that you are informed and prepared for any natural disasters that are likely to strike in your area–you don’t want to make it too easy for her– but when the time is upon you and Mother Nature comes for your ass, it’s your ass. Mother Nature don’t play.

The moral: Don’t be stupid, but don’t be afraid either. Believe me, it’s easier said than done.

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