Nature did us a wonderful favour when she dumped tons of snow on the ground, on rooftops, trucks and automobiles as well as on snow. Yes, snow upon snow. It engulfed the north-eastern front of the continent. Perhaps for the first time in months the public had a break from hearing about covid and omicron. What came more in the minds of motorists, in particular, was, “Will I get home safe in this storm?”
From my window, I could see people stuck in deep snow and others with tires spinning, but the good thing is that courtesy seemed to prevail. People were out there in the white blizzard helping each other. When one guy got stuck, another would get out of his car and help push the car, or pull out a shovel and get to moving the white stuff sent from the gods above. (Our boys from the temple went to help).
The news reported accidents. Drivers came to a standstill on Hwy 401, North America’s busiest road in the Toronto area. People were trapped in vehicles for hours. Many were stranded on the roads. On the brighter side, “kids will have a snow day on Tuesday,” so the reports say.
South of the border, tornadoes did much damage creating a loss of lives. The U.S. and Canada got clobbered. There is one redeeming way to look at this disaster; storms humble us. They remind us of a power greater than our own. It truly is a time when people come forward putting all else to the side. It’s not just the service people, like police, paramedics and snow removers who come out to help fellow humans. It’s the average Joe being reminded that we’re all here on this planet to help each other.
Source: http://thewalkingmonk.blogspot.com/2022/01/monday-january-17-2022.html
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