Tuesday, 23 September 2008

• Hey, remember when I used to post a blog on here every once in a while?
  
  Yeah, me neither.  But I'm posting one now, so read it.  You know, to help you get to sleep, and stuff.
  
  I'd like to tell you I've been away because my life is so insanely adventurous and interesting.  But that wouldn't be entirely true.  Actually, it would be a complete fallacy.  Life here hasn't been completely uneventful, though.  A little over a week ago, the remnants of Hurricane Ike came through the Cincinnati area.  That's nothing new.  Just about every hurricane that comes inland ends up eventually in the Ohio Valley.  But they're harmless rainshowers by the time they get here.  Ike, however, skipped geography class, and thought Cincinnati was a Gulf coast city.  What was left of Ike was anything but harmless, pounding the area with gale force winds that brought down trees and powerlines all over, leaving (as most recently reported) 1.2 million people without power in the Cincinnati area, and hundreds of thousands in the Dayton, Lousiville, and Lexington areas.  I'm thankful that I was one of the very few I know who never lost power, and sustained no damage to my house or property.  My dad and stepmom were without power for four days, and there are some who still, 9 days later, are in the dark.  The store where I work lost all of our frozen and refrigerated food, and many people lost the refrigerated and frozen food in their homes, food that many are financially strained to replace.  I know coastal cities have been much more adversely affected, and I feel for them.  But there's no doubt that its a lot more real when you get a glimpse of the destructive power one of those storms possesses, even in its weakened state, right here nearly a thousand miles from the Gulf.  Weird, man.  Just weird.  Anyway, the effects of Ike will be felt here for a while, so please be in prayer for those who were hit hard.
  
  
  
  

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