I have had several titles or this post over the day, most have expressed the same sentiment, bewilderment.
Apparently no one (save for a very few people) in my work place can understand what I am going through.
My boss wants to blame it on the over time, my coworker on my age (54) and other appear to remain clueless.
The bottom line is the answer to everything is. "we just won't do things".
The problems in the Scofield area expanded today, and I am sure they are not dump related, but more homes show chlordane. Of course an awful lot of these homes have there wells very close to the homes where insecticide was sprayed (is 7 feet close enough?) and the distance from the actual dump is very significant (getting close to a mile). Most of the homes were built long before these chemicals were banned and again, an old farm looms in the picture.
It is sad, but it is also creating a lot of work. How can they think to do less, it makes no sense to me. The city should step up and find ways to hook these people up to water, but this will be more difficult.
Anyway those are my worries...
and these were my thoughts this morning before we received the information.
The wind was quiet, the sea was still
just hours before the fury struck.
The waves crashed and the winds howled.
The lighthouse stood still and did not shake,
for all the might of the ocean and the storm did not move it.
And its light shone out.
The wind will quiet again.
The waves will cease their angry roar and
the lighthouse will still be standing.
You wonder why I like lighthouses?
5 comments:
Lighthouses are a wonderful symbol of strength and endurance.
Seems like the key is to take action. What action can you take that would remove the worries?
It sounds like correcting this serious health threat will be very expensive, but ultimately hooking them up to water is likely the only solution.
If our title is "for the love of God" you also know that prayer can change all things, especially people's attitudes, and some solution will be found to give those people water. So, instead of worrying, pray, my friend:)
i sometimes feel so incompetent myself knowing things need to be done and while the resources are there, the authorities continue to turn a blind eye. it makes me mad. i don't wonder why you like lighthouses at all.
We have so many lighthouses here, you should come see it sometime. Oregon at the coast in the winter is absolutely and utterly perfect.
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