Local television reporters are talking about Hurricane Harvey survivors experiencing PTSD. Can a hurricane television viewer have a “lite” case?

Commercials; lots of commercials!! Have you taken the time to count the number of commercials between segments of television programs? (Even between National disasters.) I did… and as few as twelve and as many as eighteen. That represents a total of five to eight minutes. I’m calculating the amount of time spent watching commercials about automobile sales,  Crohn’s Disease, Doritos, Dove, Duracell, Ensure, Gaterade, LensCrafters, Listerine, Mr. Clean, Nationwide, Olay, Papa John’s, prescription drugs, Samsung, Sketchers, V-8, Z-Quill. (Calculating the amount of time I “waste” watching television.)

Received this comment to my message titled Highway to Hell.

Thank You for your prayers for my family and yes you are correct with the high medical expenses, my 2-year-old boy broke his neck and back fractured his skull and has brain damage so yes it is going to be very expensive. And unfortunately the girl that hit us had state minimum insurance coverage. There has been a gofund me set up for my family and that link is: https://www.gofundme.com/2c6fz-recovery-expenses

Postscript:

William Thompson says:

September 10, 2017 at 11:22 AM

If you would like to follow-up and stay up dated please feel free to message me on Facebook under William Thompson my profile photo is of my wrecked car.

Let’s keep the family in our prayers.

and leave it there.”

If your body suffers pain and your health you can’t regain,
And your soul is almost sinking in despair,
Jesus knows the pain you feel, He can save and He can heal—
Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

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To the left, Bluejack Oak several days ago. I’ve been “nursing” him for several weeks. Today (for no particular reason) I decided to trim limbs back to “bare” in hopes of a healthy start next Spring. I was forcing myself to work in my “yarden” versus watching television news of pending storm Hurricane Irma. I get so “blue” (depressed) thinking of displaced families, and devastation, in the wake of the disaster.

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“My name is Lorraine. I quit Ancestry with Harvey.”  Question: Have you seen the TV ads for a prescription drug that allows the person to quit smoking?? The commercial goes on to say “XYZ reduced my craving for cigarettes.”  Paraphrasing… “Hurricane Harvey reduced my addiction to Ancestry.” Too many projects demanding my time and attention. Perhaps next time (Irma or José) will visit the Livingston area?! Repeat: “Many projects demanding my time and attention.”

Creating an interesting blog message is important to me. I “look” for subject material. Several days ago, the television commercial struck a chord with me. I drafted the above paragraph. Things changed yesterday when Ancestry sent the results of my DNA test. Simultaneous with their email message, an avalanche of email messages from “cousins.” My mind is trying to figure out how saliva in a tube, processed in a lab, generated so much information. True: I’ve watched police drama on TV and know how DNA solves a crime. But yesterday–and today–is “personal.”

I’m still trying to understand “how.” Obviously, Ancestry plugged my DNA into a data bank and their massive computer system connected “cousins” (already in their data bank) with me. This is fantastic; this is “funtastic.”

The wheels in my brain are spinning. It’s no secret that I have broad knowledge of my ancestry. (I published my Frantz maiden name, three volumes, 3180 pages.) With precise accuracy, Ancestry has connected me with Traxler and Showalter cousins. I’m anxious for Frantz family email correspondence. Ancestry rightly lists my early progenitors in Pennsylvania.

“Funtastic Friday”: Ancestry is more fun than pulling weeds, raking leaves, and sweeping the patio. I guess–once an “addict”–the craving never goes away?

Lorraine is paralyzed with emotion for the residents of the state of Florida. I need to grocery shop; projects await my time and attention. I watch the television, I cry–and I pray. Seriously, not a “funtastic” day.

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” Henry David Thoreau

Surprise, surprise!! Tadpoles, polliwogs!!

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Birds and bees; frogs and toads; gecko and lizard; “Love bugs” and mosquitoes!! I’ve seen them all. Occasionally, a rabbit or armadillo. Question: Did Noah have terrariums and aquariums for polliwogs and geckos?