who could have imagined
thursday september 8th, and i am not in school. crazy!
who would have thought that in a 2 1/2 week period of time our country would have experienced an earthquake, 2 hurricanes, a devastating fire, and a flood? and i have experienced 3 of those here in central PA!
two days before school i was in my room getting ready for the start of the year when i felt this weird rumbling. at first i thought it was the guy next door (he's pretty big so i could imagine if he was moving furniture against the wall i might feel it). but then i decided it was the roof that was shaking...no, the outside wall! i couldn't figure it out! i walked out of my room and several teachers were in the hallway asking if each other felt that. so weird. then we learned that VA had a 5.8 earthquake and we were getting the reverberations from it. an earthquake in PA! wow.
last sunday hurricane irene hit the coast of NC and moved north along the eastern seaboard. we saw quite a bit of rain, but thought that would be the end of it...then we saw our garden :( when we asked a tomato "specialist" to take a look, he pronounced it as late blight, which came in on the wings of the storm. irene killed our plans to make tomato sauce this year.
but the last two days have been the most interesting. hurricane lee (or tropical storm lee?) sent us some rain that has decided to not go away. we've been getting pummeled for the past 2 1/2 days. yesterday school let out early, and today it was canceled! crazy! some schools just started on tuesday! i've never seen anything like it. so i'll make the best of it and enjoy my day at home while praying for those who had to be evacuated.
speaking of evacuation...some friends in texas at this time are in the complete opposite extreme...they have no rain and a fire has already destroyed 600 homes. if only the rain we are getting could be transferred to them...
one thing i know in all of the craziness, and that is that God is in control. He's got a major plan in the works and I will praise Him for it and eagerly wait to see what He does. and if I don't ever see with my eyes the reason for these natural "disasters", I'll still be amazed by His goodness and love.
who would have thought that in a 2 1/2 week period of time our country would have experienced an earthquake, 2 hurricanes, a devastating fire, and a flood? and i have experienced 3 of those here in central PA!
two days before school i was in my room getting ready for the start of the year when i felt this weird rumbling. at first i thought it was the guy next door (he's pretty big so i could imagine if he was moving furniture against the wall i might feel it). but then i decided it was the roof that was shaking...no, the outside wall! i couldn't figure it out! i walked out of my room and several teachers were in the hallway asking if each other felt that. so weird. then we learned that VA had a 5.8 earthquake and we were getting the reverberations from it. an earthquake in PA! wow.
last sunday hurricane irene hit the coast of NC and moved north along the eastern seaboard. we saw quite a bit of rain, but thought that would be the end of it...then we saw our garden :( when we asked a tomato "specialist" to take a look, he pronounced it as late blight, which came in on the wings of the storm. irene killed our plans to make tomato sauce this year.
but the last two days have been the most interesting. hurricane lee (or tropical storm lee?) sent us some rain that has decided to not go away. we've been getting pummeled for the past 2 1/2 days. yesterday school let out early, and today it was canceled! crazy! some schools just started on tuesday! i've never seen anything like it. so i'll make the best of it and enjoy my day at home while praying for those who had to be evacuated.
speaking of evacuation...some friends in texas at this time are in the complete opposite extreme...they have no rain and a fire has already destroyed 600 homes. if only the rain we are getting could be transferred to them...
one thing i know in all of the craziness, and that is that God is in control. He's got a major plan in the works and I will praise Him for it and eagerly wait to see what He does. and if I don't ever see with my eyes the reason for these natural "disasters", I'll still be amazed by His goodness and love.
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