We all seem to like to talk about the weather, perhaps thinking that it will do some good! We don't have severe weather conditions where we live (except perhaps the occasional blizzard in the winter), as some of the events that I hear about in other areas, but we still talk about it. Being from a farming background, the common complaints I grew up with were...
- too hot
- too cold
- too dry
- too wet
- too windy
- not enough breeze
- too much rain
- not enough rain
- we need more snow
- we're sick of all the snow
Question? Did any of those complaints help to make us happier and/or more content?
I got to thinking about this after the MAIN news item on our local radio station this morning. Heavy rains during the night and early morning had flooded a substation downtown and the rapid transit was not working. People stood in the rain for more than two hours, waiting for public bus transportation to pick them up and get them to within walking distance of their work. It was all the fault of the city... why weren't they quicker with the buses. I can only imagine the challenge the city of over a million people were dealing with that major power outage. In my books, getting wet would not be high on their priority list... there were emergency situations to deal with! And... if the work force was late to their downtown jobs, their workplace was also without power.
We are so dependant on electricity, that when the weather interrupts our power supply, the rants begin. We expect instant remedies. What happens to people in areas of the world where they don't have electrical power, cause by weather, flooding, war, isolation? How do they survive? I've experienced a wee taste of it when I was growing up on the farm. No electricity, no running water, no telephone. That's when ingenuity kicks in!
In my "never-to-be-humble" opinion (thanks Dr. Laura), we are spoiled rotten!!!!
Tags: Talking Rants Electricity
