Once again it seems that I am writing this post to myself, which is often the case. It's not that I don't think anyone else is going to read it, although I don't believe there are many that do, which is totally fine and understandable. So in essence I use this as a personal diary, which contains future ideas and reminders to myself that reflect the lessons that I am learning in the present.

If there is any good that will come from the horrific hurricane Helene, it will be in the form of lessons learned from the suffering of others. The overarching lesson learned to my mind is a fact that we each individually are on our own. Certainly some people are fortunate to have good neighbors or a strong community that can help to support them. However the warning that one must never count on the generosity of strangers comes to mind. I think it has become abundantly clear that the government is not going to be the superhero that crashes into the scene and rescues you from the predicament.

I have watched so many videos on TikTok where folks are in desperate shape, pleading for assistance or in need of such basics like water. Sadly there has been little to no help whatsoever. If any support has gotten through, it most certainly has been from the state’s own national guard and not the federal government. A formal boots on the ground response from the federal government has been strikingly absent for the folks in such dire conditions. One would have thought that we had learned our lessons from the last Federal debacle which was Hurricane Katrina. Even if the Fed showed up right at the moment and started fixing everything, I would have to argue that it came a little too late. Come on you bloated Federal bureaucracy, do better.