one of the reasons i love to read is that it provides escape. i don't enjoy sitting around and thinking about all the terrible things that can happen out there. and normally i'm not an alarmist or ball of stress, but i feel like i have no choice but to be those things.
it's not just hurricane maria, which is the disaster that has affected me and mine most closely. it's the earthquake in mexico city and the devastation there. it's the heartless healthcare bill that the gop in congress are threatening us with. it's the fact that our president is in a pissing match with north korea that could very well lead to nuclear war. and also the fact that our president has pulled out of the paris climate accords, while pooh-poohing the idea of climate change and all the while the temperatures of our oceans have clearly risen and the insane amounts of hurricane activity over the last month is proof of that.
you guys, maria became a category 5 storm in 15 hours. that's unheard of.
you know what else? hurricane season isn't over yet. it's certainly the peak, but hurricane georges hit puerto rico in november 1998. so the possiblity for more exists. and the conditions for more remain.
and let me tell you, the caribbean nations do not have the infrastructure or funds to recover from this now. if there is more, i can't even comprehend what might happen.
it's not just hurricane maria, which is the disaster that has affected me and mine most closely. it's the earthquake in mexico city and the devastation there. it's the heartless healthcare bill that the gop in congress are threatening us with. it's the fact that our president is in a pissing match with north korea that could very well lead to nuclear war. and also the fact that our president has pulled out of the paris climate accords, while pooh-poohing the idea of climate change and all the while the temperatures of our oceans have clearly risen and the insane amounts of hurricane activity over the last month is proof of that.
you guys, maria became a category 5 storm in 15 hours. that's unheard of.
you know what else? hurricane season isn't over yet. it's certainly the peak, but hurricane georges hit puerto rico in november 1998. so the possiblity for more exists. and the conditions for more remain.
and let me tell you, the caribbean nations do not have the infrastructure or funds to recover from this now. if there is more, i can't even comprehend what might happen.
so i'm going to keep reading and writing about romance. because that's the kind of stuff that keeps the worries at bay.
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