I hope everyone in the southeastern part of the United States is safe as Hurricane Helene comes up through the Gulf Coast and is expected to travel north along the Georgia/Alabama border and hit the Tennessee Valley area and parts of Lower Appalachia.
They’re saying wind gusts in the metro-Atlanta area could reach up to 60 MPH. With the 2024 Presidential Election less than two months away, it’s important at this time people consider that Project 2025 calls for the elimination of some resources that go to the National Weather Service and NOAA. Many schools have reportedly already canceled classes for Thursday, Sept. 26 and Friday, Sept. 27.
It’s important school officials are working with emergency responders and organizations during a time like this to prevent any accidents. All we need is for a school bus or even a school building to hit hard by a storm and then it will raise the question of if school needed to be held at this time. I’m grateful a lot of school districts are taking better precautions. I remember there were bad storms when I went to school but school went on regardless.
I think people have learned from the destructive 2011 Joplin tornado which hit the town in southwestern Missouri as a high school graduation ceremony was ending. Thankfully, the graduation ceremony wasn’t held at the school but three miles north at the Missouri Southern State University. Still seven students and one teacher were of the 161 fatalities of the EF5 tornado that hit the area.
I also hope people who have the abilities to work from home or remotely do so rather than commute. The less traffic on the roadways during a time like this should decrease the amount of accidents and especially fatalities. Sadly, some companies and businesses will absolutely refuse to allow employees to stay home even when there’s inclement weather this bad.
This might also be something people might want to consider in this election year.
Be safe. Take precautions. And help out others if you can.
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Zane Says 