Another Storm for Colorado

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Here comes Mother Nature...Again!

As a human race, we try so vehemently to maintain control and gain power not only over our own lives, but also time, the future, and the past, other people, our environment, and even over the rest of the world. But despite cell phones, SUV’s, Mag Chloride, computer technology, nuclear weapons, and other leaps for mankind, we remain relatively weak and powerless. There is no greater reminder of this than when Mother Nature has her way with us.

We here in Denver are facing another possible blizzard, which comes in the wake of one of the ten biggest blizzards in our history. Twenty some inches of snow doesn’t sound like enough to incapacitate a city, but it is. Being trapped at home hardly makes mankind feel in control. Finally making it to the store only to find there are no eggs or milk for sale also creates an uneasy feeling in the bottom of one’s stomach.

After watching the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, I can’t help but feel like we are teetering back and forth between complete anarchy and martial law. If you ask me, as destructive as the human-race can be, my sense is we won’t be the catalyst for this result, but that Mother Nature will be using her hand to shove us over the edge of civility. Of course this snowstorm won’t result in street gangs, raping, and pillaging, but it’s a reminder of just how vulnerable and fragile our lives are. It’s also a reminder that although most of us come to the rescue and assist our elderly neighbors or help complete strangers get out of a snowdrift, in many there lurks a caged animal that once given the opportunity is ready to take what they want.

Who says cops are cynical?

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