Disaters in the Midwest.................

It's another spring after another winter after another................I'm so sorry for the folks in the Midwest from Minneapolis down to the Delta, once again at this time of year we have floods, storms, Tornado's, Cyclones, Twisters, hail storms, devastating thunderstorms and you name it. Literally hundreds of good folks dying and being put out of their homes, folks losing everything they had to raging waters reaching hundreds of yards and blocks from once peaceful rivers. Wind and rain and twisters that pick-up and destroy homes, businesses, and public buildings, without regard for whom or what is in the way or path of destruction! We pray for these folks year in and year out, pray that they find lost loved ones and can pick up the pieces of their lives and move on. Take Joplin, Missouri for example, a tornado rips through the middle of the town/city and destroys families, lives and property into the millions of dollars and a day later 8 to 10 inches of rain and hail on top of all the tragedy already there! I can't imagine 10 inches of rain anymore, I can't imagine 10 inches of rain and hail destroying whats already been destroyed once, what's wrong with this picture? Once again I'm deeply sorry for the lose of life and property being lost all throughout the Midwest this year once again.

Often times I still wonder what makes folks continue to put up with the death and destruction of property, lives, and belongings. All I can say is the 2 to 3 months where they only have to put up with the high humidity must be reward enough to endure 8 to 9 months of miserable weather. Reward enough for putting in the hard work to survive and the rebuilding each year of yards, homes, gardens, playgrounds, parks, businesses, repairing water damage, adding and repairing levee's in what seems to be a never ending cycle. I'm not sure anymore if I give the folks of the Midwest credit for putting up with such disasters and coming back for more each year or wonder what they use for common sense. I think I could only go through tragedy like that once and look for a better way or a better place to set up camp, hell I lived in the Midwest and opted to leave. Me and the family opted for the Southwest were we put up with a bit of heat a couple of months out of the year and the rest of the time pretty much paradise! There just seems to be something awesome about waking up each morning to sunshine and the vast majority of the time clear skies! We don't need or want 10 inches of rain and hail each time the clouds roll in, somewhere around 7 inches a year seems to be plenty. They say somewhere around 20,000 folks are moving just into Arizona each day, and more into Nevada and others of the Southwest, so there are those who are also tired of annually rebuilding and repairing deeds of Mother Nature.

Yes, I'm praying for a quick recovery to the storms and praying the storms of the rest of the season are not as devastating as those so far and that there is no more lose of life due to these disasters. I can only think of a few that maybe don't look forward to the seasons but definitely profit from them and have their best times of the year............Home Depot, Lowe's, Menard's and even the Ma and Pa Ace's! You talk about wanting to "save a tree" look at the lumber being used each storm system, but that's another story for another time.