My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands who are affected by this very active tornado season.  I cannot imagine the devastation of having your life ripped apart like that.  Well, actually I can which is why I’m writing this and I am genuine about my offering of thoughts and prayers.  If there is more I can do such as donations, I’m sure I will be led that way.

On Fox News they just reported that this is the deadliest tornado season in a decade…

According to the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) there are an average of 1000 tornado’s in the US a year and 60 deaths. 

According to NOAA Storm Prediction Center’s numbers, so far this year we have had 84 tornadoes, 22 of them being considered “killer tornadoes” and sadly as of May 11th, there have been 96 deaths so far.

I’m sure that there are Apocalyptic people who see this as the coming of the end.  I sometimes believe it too but I have to balance that out with logic.  But if you were to read weather statistics for as long as they’ve been keeping them, you would see that these patterns repeat every so often whether it be years or decades and in some cases, centuries.

I am astonished when I hear of people’s naivety.  I mean…look at an ancient map of the world and then a modern day map.  There is a big difference!!  Why would we think it will stay as it is now?  We seem boggled when a lake-bed dries up or a river changes course or the ocean eats up a section of land.  I don’t understand living in a region called “tornadoe alley” but I realize that there isn’t really any safe place from the weather.  It’s just that not every place has earned it’s nickname yet.

Do you ever think of what people must find when they’re going through the rubble after one of these natural disasters?  There is no good hiding places for our “personal” stuff in a tornadoe, huh?  And, it’s so cliche to say that they’re just material things that you can replace but I bet that if you look around right now while you’re sitting at your computer, you will find at least 5 things that you wouldn’t want to do without.  It’s pretty mind-blowing.

Also, I also just heard on the news that the 7.5 earthquake that hit China last night has claimed 900 children who were crushed in a school and that is all that I’ve really heard about that story so far.  I typically have the news on all day with the volume turned down so I’m bound to hear more but can you freaking imagine?!

And then you hear that in Burma/Myanmar there are people stealing the supplies and the people who need it aren’t getting it.  A lot of people in the US think we’re screwed up!  <crazy>  Aid from the US has finally gotten through and they’re waiting for the government to let the stuff get dispersed as of this morning…

There’s so much going on in the world.  When people say, ”it could be worse“, it’s true. It could be.