I’ve come to the conclusion that the world is coming to an end. Ok, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but seriously, what is going on with the world these days? All these earthquakes and volcanoes, flooding, and even an oil spill!
I don’t know which one of these disasters is the worst, but the one that hits home the most is the flooding in Nashville. I have a couple reasons for this having an impact on me. One is that I have visited Nashville before more than once, so I’m pretty familiar with the town, and I know quite a few streets that have been shown on the news. It’s really weird to think that I stood in the same spot and complained about it being too hot and dry when they show it on the news completely flooded with 10 feet of water in every direction. It’s really scary. The second reason is because of the Flood of 2008 here in Cedar Rapids. I was really involved in volunteering when our flood took place, and I really want to go down to Nashville to help out with their flood, but with school and everything, I can’t. I’m disappointed. Perhaps after we get out of school I could take a week off work and go down there and help with the clean up. I think that would be good for me to get a little break from Iowa because things have been so crazy here with my life lately, and I think that I could also help out quite a bit because I’ve volunteered with and for flood victims before.
I’ve been watching the Weather Channel a lot lately and it’s a pretty scary channel these days. They showed these pictures of these two teenagers clinging to a vehicle this morning. They interviewed the girl, and I imagined that happening to me. That girl could have been anyone that I know down in Nashville, and that thought is really crazy. Here’s the video.
I don’t know which one of these disasters is the worst, but the one that hits home the most is the flooding in Nashville. I have a couple reasons for this having an impact on me. One is that I have visited Nashville before more than once, so I’m pretty familiar with the town, and I know quite a few streets that have been shown on the news. It’s really weird to think that I stood in the same spot and complained about it being too hot and dry when they show it on the news completely flooded with 10 feet of water in every direction. It’s really scary. The second reason is because of the Flood of 2008 here in Cedar Rapids. I was really involved in volunteering when our flood took place, and I really want to go down to Nashville to help out with their flood, but with school and everything, I can’t. I’m disappointed. Perhaps after we get out of school I could take a week off work and go down there and help with the clean up. I think that would be good for me to get a little break from Iowa because things have been so crazy here with my life lately, and I think that I could also help out quite a bit because I’ve volunteered with and for flood victims before.
I’ve been watching the Weather Channel a lot lately and it’s a pretty scary channel these days. They showed these pictures of these two teenagers clinging to a vehicle this morning. They interviewed the girl, and I imagined that happening to me. That girl could have been anyone that I know down in Nashville, and that thought is really crazy. Here’s the video.
An equally concerning event in the news this past week or two is the oil spill. It makes me sick to imagine all the animals that that oil is going to kill. I get dizzy when I try to fathom how much money is just spilling into the ocean with every barrel of oil that leaks out. The economy is definitely going to take a huge hit with this one. A girl in my economics class works at a gas station, and today she was telling the class about how the gas station keeps changing the price of gas every day trying to keep up with what everyone thinks is going to happen to the price of gas as a result of the spill. My mom can’t decide if she should keep her tank full at all times in case the price sky rockets out of nowhere, or if she should fill it up just once and wait to see what happens. I couldn’t give her much advice because I don’t know either. It’s a pretty crazy time to be living on Earth, let me tell you.
This is a picture of the explosion that caused the spill. 
All that brownish stuff is oil. =(
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