Avoiding Dennis
As I write this in March 2006, huge disasters are happening all around:
- In the Midwestern United States, 10 were killed by tornadoes and resulting flooding.
Thousands of homes were destroyed.
- Wildfires burn out of control in Texas and Oklahoma.
Seven dead. Nine firefighters injured. Nearly 2,000 people in seven counties have been evacuated, and more than 700,000 acres of grasslands have been destroyed.
Texas is suffering a severe drought and has been ravaged by thousands of wildfires since December 2005.
- In New York, construction begins on a memorial to victims of the 9-11 attacks.
- Officials in all levels of government continue to blame each other for poor
response to Hurricane Katrina.
I guess they don't read this web site.
- Burma reports its first confirmed case of H5N1 Bird Flu. It joins such countries as Afghanistan, Austria, Azerbaijan, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey...
- 50 more die in Baghdad bombing; even radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has appealed for calm.
- Riots broke out all over the world protesting publication of cartoons.
- France recovers from two weeks of riots that started in Paris when two kids got electrocuted in a power substation.
The rioting spread to 300 other cities.
- Recent rains have reduced the danger of wildfires in Southern California.
But the rain may cause mud slides.
- North Korea continues its progress towards making a nuclear bomb, while continuing to insist they they only want the clean dependable power that the United States started to phase out decades ago.
- Heavy rainfall has flooded thousands of homes in Bulgaria and caused rivers to rise to dangerous levels in neighbouring Greece and Turkey.
- On three consecutive days, people were killed at different Denny's restaurants
from Florida to California.
- Tropical Cyclone Larry smashes into Australia.
Thousands left homeless.
50,000 homes are without power.
It sounds like Dennis has been busy, doesn't it?
My point:
Big disasters can happen anywhere, at any time.
And lesser tragedies also happen that just don't make the network news:
robbery, rape, fire, drowning.
Plus the slew of problems that might not qualify as tragedies, but can cost you time, money, and can result in irreplacable loss:
computer crashes, lost family photos, lost car keys.
Clearly, Dennis has his work cut out for him.
The big question for you is:
Now that you know that Dennis is coming to mess up your life,
what are you doing to prevent it?