We’ve heard about it for days, and then it happens. For us in the South Puget Sound it was not as bad as the solid gut-punching roar of the bomb cyclone pounding Washington north of us.
The luck of the draw? Or a barometric pressure divergence that allowed it to hit further North and way south of us? I’m not sure. All I know is that this unnamed storm packed a solid punch from as far south as San Franciso and up through Vancouver, Canada.
We prepared but did not need it. Those preparations will last until another day or another storm.
As I await to hear from those I know up North this morning, I paused to consider the power of a disruption, or even the “hint” of the same event.
We watch the potential storm paths, election results, stock market status, and at any moment, it would seem, that disruption will surprise many. “I never expected it!” Hmmm. Seems like the voice of some during the last election cycle.
Imagine the days before technology. I can better understand a cry of ignorance. But as we are connected via satellites and fiber cables to every livable inch of this planet, there is no excuse for not preparing. Right?!
In the Atlantic, they prename the storms in advance and then attach the names as needed to each despression, storm or hurricane. 21 alphabetic names (skipping Q, U, X, Y and Z). I suspect it’s smiliar in the Pacific, although other words describe the events as cyclones or typhoons.
My point is that forecastors prepare in advance because technology gives us an eagle eye to see and then to perceive the path.
Someone shared the story of Noah, and it is possible that for well over 100 years, this first sailor of the Bible warned everyone that a disaster was coming. To no avail, only he and his immediate family survived. But a portion of the story caught my attention as never before. This is from the recitation of the story as Jesus warns about the end times…
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Matthew 24:36-39 NKJV
Decades of warning and watching this old preacher build something they had never seen before. But Jesus says they, “…did not know until the flood came and took them all away…”.
Unaware. Ignorant. Disbelieving.
Maybe the warnings are missing. No, that can’t be right. Again, technology helps us be aware in numerous ways. “It’ll miss us, I’m sure.” Really? You want to take a chance?
I don’t need the “hint” of a disrupption to ignore preparing for the future. As I age, I keep hoping for the day to arrive that Jesus warns us about, while at the same time, I pray it delays long enough for loved ones, friends, and strangers to better prepare.
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