Mother Nature Is A Furious Woman
64Run, The Sky Is Falling!
Personally, I'm Rather Glad The Storm Passed
Hey! You! Get Off 'O My Cloud!
The Storm of Life
Is This Your Black Cloud?
Get Off Of My Cloud - Rolling Stones, 1967
It's Not Nice, To Fool the Humans
Mother Nature, you are not a nice woman. You come into existance, yelling and screaming with your power. We dodge, we fight, we lose. You always win. And, why not? You make the rules.
The battle with Mother Nature is a furious one. She fools us with small battles, letting us taste the victor's power. She throw's in some fakers, too. Just when you've worked hours preparinig, she turns the corner. Scaring you into evacuating, she barely sneezes. Fooling the young is her biggest thrill.
"Don't prepare," she whispers. "It's nothing. Hardly a breeze." She keeps her word, the storm is a baby. The young then feel so confident, that their level of preparation drops to nill.
Oh, she's very smart and crafty, skilled in patience. Time is on her side. What does she care about the clock? She is forever youthful and energetic.
Wham, Bam, thank you m'am. Quick and evil, she prepares for the kill. Katrina strikes with full venom. For years, people did nothing to prepare, having been victims of fakers. We were warned. It's so hard to think of flooding rains and destruction, when you're on dry land. Sometimes, humans are not forward thinkers. Predicting outcomes is a skill we lack, because it's often unpleasant. So, our brain turns off, and we slack. Mother Nature wins again; that accomplished wicked step-mother.
Where will she strike next? Under any name, she is unpredictably the same. A contradiction waiting to happen. No one knows her, not really. With flirtatious ways, she sucks us in to her trap.
Doppler Radar tries to get acquainted. Keeping up with recent diagnosis, is extremely time consuming and difficult. Which story or model do we believe? What will be the hurricane's path? Where will torandoes fall?
What I'd like to know, is who ticked her off? I'm just an average American on the ground, what did I do?? What did any of us do? Isn't there enough crisis in the world without the addition of Hell's Fury?
Would that we could contain her power and direct it where it might wipe out some Al Queda.
Ok, wishful thinking. Still, wouldn't that be loverly. Or push a strong wind over into Pakistan and blow up Bin Laden's skirt. That should give him a bit of exposure, eh?
Or even, puff on over to the White House, and blow out some of the cobwebs in Bush/Cheney's brain, allowing them some clear-headed thinking for a change. Naaa, too late for that. Wait, I know!
I've got a few people to whom I'd like to send a black cloud to hang over their head...well, geeze, I'm not perfect. Can't you think of a few people to mess with? An old boss, an old lover, someone? If not, you're living the good life. I don't want to wipe 'em out exactly, just get them wet. REALLY wet.
Okay, I repent. (uhhh, that might be an "untruth.")
Update: Stormy Fay is pulling a fast one!! Just like the faker I talked about...she's turning the corner and coming back at us! Mother Nature stabs us in the back, she's not to be trusted.
Well, where would you send a storm?
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Hi Tari, I too, think it's important to keep the chins up...we are at her mercy tho - I agree, it's her house, we're just squatters. I don't even think she invited us to rent. LOL
the desert could use some healthy rains. but that is a passive response....LOL
I'm thinking STORMS -- who would you like to kick in the behind with a strong wind?? if it was all fantasy of course. =) thanks always for reading and commenting, I'm heading over to your hubs -- been busy writing; now it's time for me to read!!
lol.. passive is true.. maybe im just too laid back.. I can't think of anyone I'd like to see stormed on.. except maybe for that bank manager that turned down that loan.. or that guy that stole my parking the other day when it was pouring down with rain.. or my last boyfriend that downgraded to that blonde-bimbo with more boob on her than a cow with busting udders.. okay.. laid back I'm not.. wow.. just like mother nature I have a vengeful side.. who'da thunk it.. lol..
thanks Marisue for allowing me to come outta denial.. LOL
Hi Tari!! I new you had it in ya!! let's send some stormy winds up there backside...especially the blonde bimbo downgrade. What's with him!! he's the loser!! Here's to a real storm party!!
Putting on my raincoat and welly's now!!!.. woohoo.. I'm so gonna jump into the puddles and rain on their parade.. lol
I'm the wind at your back!!! LOL
hey tari, enable your comment window on your hub about us being "messy" so we can comment....and welcome to hub pages.by the way
lol.. ok.. here's where I admit to being technically challenged.. '.. enable.. how?'.. ugh. . I'll go look and see..
Yaaay.. I'm not as challenged as I thought!
I am concerned.
I do not know what you mean by an old lover.
I have never had one. Is it a new sundae ice cream?
yeaa tari !! you did it!! I'll go comment now. =)))
Hi Mrmarm - old lovers make the best, of course I wouldn't know -- but i've read...
This was a fun read. Love the pictures and captions. And boy has Mother nature been pissed off lately.
She gets us even when she doesn't drop by for visits. Closed schools and businesses, loss of pay, buying emergency supplies, filling water jugs, lugging all the patio and plants inside -- only to find it was all for nothing, just a light shower and less wind than a normal afternoon thunderstorm. Now, we get to play the guessing game of -- do we put everything back outside or cancel plans for the weekend. I think it's more than pissing her off -- I think she hates us! Great hub!
Die Dre~ You are right; she is a fussy woman - glad you liked the pictures; I hunted for the right ones and then decided on the 60's song for fun!! Those were the days!
Jerilee Wei -- my point exactly...we've got all this work to do; and here she comes again...we barely got a breeze here and "she" was supposed to hit us directly...turned at the last moment; the tricky lady!
Personally I think we are
being warned to prepare for the return of the Christ....It has been predicted storms...fires..floods..earthquakes...and war..dishonesty...and on and on...
But if I were to send a storm to anyone it would be to my own careless mistakes, my own unforgiving mind...and my own lack of Faith...
Nice Hub as usual sweetie..you are great and thanks for letting us release...G-Ma :o) hugs
release all you want...this is a consequence free refuge, a shelter in the sea of life...the storm room...safety for all. =)) all things imaginary only hha
You could be right, I think the earth is certainly being purged...
we all make careless mistakes in our own personal storms..you have lots of company. I'm there too! scoot over...make room for Marisue!
Fun hub, I love Mother Nature, we have the latest equipment to predict its fury so we can take cover. But I think mankind does more harm than nature, atleast there is revival and growth after destruction with Mother Nature. Poets need Nature anyways :)
Yes, poets need the disaster of life to find their niche...LOL well, one man's treasure ....
=))
I love this it's really great and I agree with you totally
Hi candigirltnt!! Thanks for reading and commenting; mother nature is a fickle lady - always messin stuff up!! =))
Actually Shakespeare also used storms as writing device. In King Lear he has Lear say "Blow winds, Rage" whn he has been abondonred by his children.
Mother Nature is awesome and fearsome . No respecter of Man or his feeble structures. tornadoes, hurricanes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes and earthquakes are all a consequence of mother nature.
Great Hub Marisue and yet again different.
Now Fay has hit us in the backside with floods in the Northern parts of the state...one can never win with her. Sometimes we live to fight another day.
Good to see you; were you gone on a trip? =))
Well.. if you live in Auckland.. which I do.. you'll have grown up knowing just how fickle Mother Nature is. Crowded House wrote a song called "Four Seasons in One Day". I'm certain they were talking of Auckland weather.. sigh.
Well, you've had a fortunate wind, regarding this hub. It's sailing graciously to the top of the hot hubs, temperature is rising! :)
Hi Ananta65 -- There's room for all...=) I still smile over your kissing hub tho' so funny!! what a nut you are! a good nut.
Hi Tari I wish I could hear your accent; it comes out in your writing and it's so appealing!! Very folksy and friendly@! -- so you get your share of variety in weather there too, huh? Oklahoma is like that, winds of change blows constantly. Four Seasons in One Day? What a title, would love to hear that song! Is it on YouTube? I'd love to find it....sounds interesting.
Yes Marisue I was away last weekend. I will be away this weekend and next weekend too. So there will be some gaps. you miss so much when you are not in contact.
well at least you are getting to travel a bit! That sounds like fun!
You were missed! There is always so much to read around hub pages! =) stay safe in your travels. =))
Thank you Marisue much appreciated
Hi sixtyorso! Traveling for pleasure or business? either way, hope it is good for you and you get some rest and relaxation! =)
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Tari says:
4 months ago
Well, Mother Nature has always been tempermental. I see it her nature to be so. But we should remember.. this is her house. I'd be more than a little pissed if someone dumped crap in my water or cut down one third of my plants or kept smoking in my lounge. All we can do I suppose is 'be prepared'. We've heard the warnings for years and years and ignored them like the boy that cried 'wolf'. We'll the wolf is knocking on the door. Do we let him blow down the house and say.. 'oh... I didn't think it would be for real this time'..
I kinda dig the storms.. their power, their energy.. yes its annoying that I can't get my freakin washing dried but hey, thats what a dryer is for.. (which by the way uses up more energy.. um.. mom nature we're in a bit of a circle there!), but I can live with storms.. I can even live with picking up after the massive storms.. its tiresome... hard work and heart breaking at the loss of property, time and money.. but (I'm a tad 'lets look on the upside' kinda mood this morning).. think of the new stuff you can get.. or repainting the house.. or finally getting that new roof you'd been nagging at the hub to do for the last 15 yrs.. (this is not a mock at the folks that have suffered great loss at the hands of Mother Nature, truly!)
Any way.. where would I send the storm? Well.. there are a few desert patches that could do with them.
I like your hub Marisue.. makes a person ponder.. awesome =)