Why do we call stormy days “gloomy”? Have we heard too many songs that associate love with sunshine, and heartbreak with rain? Too many movies about perfect storms? Too many media accounts of flooding and disaster? Or maybe it’s the sun’s fault; perhaps we have become too drunk on its brilliance to appreciate the beauty of a storm.
Regardless, hundreds of millions of people around the world today would dance and sing and celebrate at the sight of even an hour or two of rain. Yet here, where water is relatively abundant and viewed as an entitlement, we curse it. We warn one another of its dangers. We stay home from work in fear of it. We blame it for our misery.
Shame on us.
Let us not curse the rain any longer; let us thank God for it; and let us pray for those around our world who are pleading for it at this very moment…. and that the levies hold…..
Peace and love to all on this beautiful day.
I am with you brother 100% on this one.
What is up with local Sacramento news coverage? Half of the local newscast are either the weather coverage itself, or the anchors lettting us know that there will be more weather coverage after the break. For an area that arguably is in the top 5th percentile for the most moderate climate in the nation, why does an occasional rainstorm get so much attention? And why is a bit of rain treated so negatively?
October and March/April weather is at its best in Sacramento… and I am enjoying every minute of it.
Your question about why the occasional storm commands so much media attention here is a great one. The answer? Ex nihilo (which is Latin for “out of nothing”). That is what the media is all about these days: trying in vain to fashion something out of nothing. They manage to attract viewers and stay solvent, but the end result is ex nihilo nihil fit (which is Latin for “Out of nothing comes nothing”).
My philosophical contribution for the 21st century: “The Media is Dead”