Lady Liberty Weeps
BLOG SESSION
October 16th, 2017
Good Evening Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors ~
Welcome back to another interesting Blog Session. If you are new here to the Blog, we welcome you! You'll find all of our diverse discussions to be of interest to you in one way or another. We do tend to focus on writing, journaling, and keeping daily diary entries, and we think you will enjoy taking notes in your Journal and writing about your emotions, feelings, life events, and thoughts in your Diary.
Today, we are going to turn your attention to the Image at the top if this Blog entitled, "Lady Liberty Weeps". Here is the point where you grab your ink pen and Journal so that you can take notes...
Journal Notes
Let us start our Journal Notes off with today's date, Monday, October 16th, 2017. And, next we'll write a short description of how we are feeling about our life at this time. With that lead-in, many of us will focus on different things that intertwine with our lives, such as family, responsibilities, job duties, business matters, health issues, or a particular situation or circumstance that just so happens to be on our plate at this time.
Your description will be longer depending upon how passionate you are about what you are writing about.
Next, we are going to think about what we feel within us. Do we feel comfortable or uncomfortable about our status in life? Do we feel at ease or are we uneasy about the state of the country we live in? Is our spirit at peace or alarmed? Do we feel that we are doing what we are purposed to do in life or not?
After you have thought about the questions above, please write your answers in your Journal. Now, let all of that material just sit in front of you in your Journal as you read on. . .
Because the Readers of our Blog are from all over the world, each of us will have a different perspective about the country that we live in. Even if some of us live in the same country, our thoughts may be different about the state of our country, and our feelings about different issues connected to our country may also be different. Although, on many moral issues, people will feel the exact same way no matter where they may reside.
We've seen a lot of devastation this year with wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, mudslides, cyclones, heatwaves, and avalanches.
April floods and landslides in Colombia that claimed 329 lives were the deadliest single event.
According to Frankfurt am Main (AFP) some 3,200 people lost their lives to disasters between January and June, the German group, reinsurer Munich Re found that the numbers were well short of the 10-year average of 47,000 for the period or the 5,100 deaths in the first half of 2016.
The most costly single event was flooding in Peru between January and March, which killed 113 people and inflicted damage worth around $3.1 billion, followed by Cyclone Debbie's toll of 12 lives and $2.7 billion in Australia.
Elsewhere, an April-June heatwave in India killed 264 people, while floods, landslides, and avalanches claimed around 200 lives in Sri Lanka, 200 in Afghanistan and 200 Bangladesh.
"The high number of severe thunderstorms in the US is presumed to have been at least partially influenced by a natural climate phenomenon," the reinsurer said.
As many are aware who have an eye outside of the four walls they live in -- one of the things that happens to be on our plate right now is the aftermath of damages incurred from Hurricane Maria that affected Puerto Rico . . .
Puerto Rico Aftermath from Hurricane Maria
Another devastating event that is still having an impact on lives is the California wildfires...
California Wildfires
As of Sunday, October 15, 17 large fires still burned across the northern part of California, with more than 10,000 firefighters attacking the flames using air tankers, helicopters and more than 1,000 fire engines.
At least 40 people have been killed and at least 5,700 homes destroyed in the wildfires that have been burning for nearly a week.
Santa Rosa, California — The fire-ravaged North Bay on Monday began to confront the long and arduous task of resuming life after the deadliest set of wildfires in state history, as evacuees returned to their neighborhoods, some to intact homes and others to their worst fears...
(Pictured above) ~ Alex Mathiesen, 9, sits on a curb in front of the remains of his family's home in Mark West Estates north of Santa Rosa, California, Monday, October 16, 2017. His family all escaped with their lives when the Tubbs Fire swept over their neighborhood. (Karl Mondon/ Bay Area News Group)
And, there's much more going on around the world...
Today Storm Ophelia is battering Scotland and northern England after leaving several people dead and hundreds of thousands without power in Ireland.
The former Atlantic hurricane downed trees and power lines, sent waves surging over coastal defenses and disrupted transport again Tuesday, a day after making landfall on Ireland’s south coast with gusts of almost 100 miles an hour (160 kilometers an hour).
Porthleven, Cornwall, southwestern Britain
Britain’s Met Office weather service said Scotland could see heavy rain and gusts of up to 70 mph (113 kph), with winds gradually diminishing through Tuesday.
Parts of southern Norway reported a smoky smell on Tuesday morning, which the local meteorological institute said it was likely carried there by Ophelia from the wave of forest fires in Portugal and Spain that killed at least 41 people over the weekend.
In Sweden, people in the capital of Stockholm and elsewhere launched a flurry of calls to authorities, saying the skies were much darker than usual Tuesday morning. The reason the skies were darker is probably due to Ophelia’s strong winds, which carried a mix of red sand from the Sahara and tiny particles from the Iberian forest fires across western Europe. (AP)
Galway, Ireland
(Pictured above) ~ The Galway Atlantaquaria National Aquarium of Ireland building is seen submerged in floodwater during Storm Ophelia in Galway, Ireland, Oct.16, 2017. (Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
We must count our blessings, help others when and where we can, and remain prayerful.
We must count our blessings, help others when and where we can, and remain prayerful.
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Peace, Love & Light
By René Allen
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