Good morning. Gosh, It's 6 a.m. and it's still dark outside. The sky is beginning to lighten a bit but nor quite enough for day break. This week's daytime temps are supposed to be in the upper 60's with nighttime temps of low to mid 40's. I guess it's definitely time to dig out the snuggies and flannel pajamas.
I'm watching the Weather Channel, and they are showing how some folks are beginning the clean up and salvage work, trying to save their homes. Most of them do not have flood insurance and will have to just start over with the re-building process. Some of them have no home left to salvage.
I guess I'm wondering just how does one start over after a tragedy like this. Close to 2000 homes were lost or ravaged, and FEMA comes in with a budget of around 8 million dollars. Will this amount of money even make a noticeable dent? There is more than two billion dollars of damage from the Colorado flooding.
Add to that, all the storm victims from past storms who are still waiting for help. With so many of our citizens hurting and in dire need through no fault of their own, why isn't our government taking care of them instead of supporting the world? Shouldn't we help our own citizens first? Unless they are all helped and back to being able to take care of themselves, just who will be left to give money to the government to take care of the rest of the world?
Today is Mandarin Orange Monday, and my offering is a photo that I took a few days ago of a beautiful orange butterfly. Most of the big butterflies are gone now so these smaller ones are quite a treasure. This one was high up on the bush, making the background quite colorful.
To see the other entries, click on the MOM link above. When you get there, scroll to the bottom of the post and click on the link that says "click to view/add link".
It's time now for me to check on the Mrs again and pack up my work bag. Another half hour and I'll be on my way home to Pogo. So, till tomorrow, Y'all be safe and have a wonderful day.
Hugs, Edna B.
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6 comments:
Awesome photo!
sweet photo.
Brilliant photo!! Congratulations on getting that shot of the butterfly.
I too feel sorry for the people of Colorado and the huge cleanup they face. I was wondering if the citizens of the US donate money or goods to help these people or others that get affected by disasters.
Over here organizations like the Red Cross or the Salvos arrange donation centres or TV networks have Telethons or music stars have ginormous concerts to raise money to help out.
Having gone through the Darwin cyclone and even though we were in a fully furnished government house all the other contents were ours. Being young and naive we had no insurance.
I am forever grateful to the people of Australia for the money raised. It may not have been a lot of money given to us but it really helped out in a time of need. I always donate now whenever we have a disaster like floods or bushfires because I know it can be of some small help.
For lots of people it must be hard times to pick up the life again after the floods or bushfires, like e.g. in Colorado.
I rememeber when my sister and her family lost their home because of a fire, they couldn;t do anything about.
They lost everything and it is a horrible thing.
It is also heart breaking to see millions of people in need all over the world and they also need help, but yes, our governments also have to take care of their own inhabitants too.
Thing that bothers ne the most is that all the help given to other parts of the world, where it is needed too, is spent so badly , or not at all, or disappears in some greedy pockets.
I betterlike to see the amsller projects, where help is given directly to the people who need it, and you can see results of it in a shorter period of time, that aid is much better.
We have a bit of mist this morning, but we hope that later the sun will come through and it will disappear.
Have a wonderful day
Hug
Kyra
Beautiful shot of the butterfly!
The combination of orange and purple is stunning! You should print it and put it on your wall to cheer you up while the bug problem is being solved!
Beautiful photo Edna...thanks for sharing on Mandarin Orange Monday:)
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