Review of chess pictures::What Is the Definition of Checkmate
Review of chess pictures::What Is the Definition of Checkmate
The best-selling book, The Secret, assures its readers that people attract their own reality. As focused as I am on positive thinking, feeling and imagery to accomplish goals, I consider meteorological challenges an anomaly to these alleged cosmic rules. Sometimes things happen simply because they happen, such as a tsunami, tornado, or Perfect Storm scenario. During bad-weather season, upbeat visualizations to shield one's family urgently need to be paired, I believe, with pro-active steps. Having been a "participant" (which I prefer over victim) of "Hurricane Class of 2004" I have developed the following recommendations. They will help you graduate to a higher level of observation, and involvement in prevention-methods. For those planning to move, or to remain in a subtropical / hot weather climate, let's explore the importance of adapting to an unwieldy season. The latter officially begins June 1 and ends November 30 each year. Experiencing a hurricane means being challenged by a highly intensified game of checkers and perhaps chess. The momentous force, with its boastful "king me, queen me" attitude, lord of all it surveys, may hurl forward, reverse itself, move zigzag across an entire region, circle, weaken then fortify, touch down then hover, surround, becalm, inch forward or leap ahead, veer wherever its hungry eye gazes. You, the pawn or rook, try to survive, to outwit, outplay, outlast, knowing you can never outlaw, restrain, a force of nature. You may attempt to move forward when your turn comes. In this modified unusual tournament, you are even allowed to shift horizontally, left coast to right coast, or vice versa. Nevertheless, very limited options. Checkmate? Hopefully, the game ends in your favor. The one definite rule about hurricanes is that they are never predictable. An irony exists regarding sub-tropical mainland and island-life. Attracting tourists and transplants, the shimmering summery philosophy "Live for today" actually becomes a useless, even dangerous, cliché during imminent storm formations. Here's the most perceptive way to dwell in a tropical climate: Prepare physically and emotionally for potential emergencies. Then, de-stress. Relax, enjoy your beach-oriented lifestyle with its "no plans" framework. Let's focus on several invaluable guidelines: 1. Before moving to a hurricane-prone region, start now to change the way you think. An "alert but relaxed" mindset is the ideal way to approach your upcoming tropical or subtropical experience. Re-tune your habits. Make a strenuous effort to drop patterns of procrastination or laziness. (a) Obtain and review all the hurricane-preparedness packets of information distributed by government and community organizations. Google "How To Prepare For A Hurricane," and/or access websites such as: www.ready.gov/america/beinformed/hurricanes.html and www.redcross.org If you intend to live in or near Florida, check the advice of three sites: tampabay.com and miami.about.com and also gulf-coast.com In this way you become familiar with advance procedures and jargon. When and if a storm threatens, you'll already be adept at knowing the difference when you hear "hurricane watch" versus "hurricane warning" applied to your vicinity. You'll perform without anguish or confusion the appropriate actions as a result. (b) Pack Lightly: a. Sentimentalists, be willing to adapt now, before transplanting yourselves to a moody climate. Prior to moving, it's better to release attachment to a great many packrat memorabilia and furnishings. Better that you yourself decide what leaves your life than have a hurricane do so, as was my case. (c) Choose the proper storage facility before you move: Research, call ahead, and arrange your storage needs before you set forth on your relocation journey. If there are invaluable items that you feel you must keep, don't wait until a weather emergency develops to look for storage for your now vulnerable belongings. By then, the pertinent companies will have no vacancies. Even after contracting with the best company for your interests, be aware of basic risk. Not all such businesses are constructed to withstand winds over 174 miles per hour or more. If you do find a building featuring that capacity, realize that there often seems to be one unexpected mean bully of a hurricane, that appears out of nowhere, determined to mock modern efforts to contain it. No possession is always 100% secure. Ongoing storage proves costly. Streamline your belongings and remember before moving to reserve a unit per your surplus goods. (d) ) Invest now in a specialized radio that is customized for local up-to-the-minute updates on climate changes per your future residential district. Search the internet for "weather alert radios" or access the NOAA Weather Radio.com site. A weather radio will signal warning sounds, at any hour of night or day, should dangerous weather conditions evolve. You are immediately alerted to pressing information, demanding your attention and protective efforts. (e) Cull from the hurricane preparedness sheets you've read, a list of emergency tools you will purchase soon after you move. (2) After arriving at your new warm-weather destination: Without delay, purchase the itemized emergency products. Measure, cut, drill, whatever needs to be refashioned or adjusted. Don't let the loveliness of your surroundings or the comfort of the climate at that point of year (assuming you're not re-locating during foul weather-time) override the need for foresight. In this way, your weather radio, supplies, pre-measured plywood, the previously drilled holes around windows for the plywood to be quickly installed, etc. are already in place. Always keep your vehicle's tank filled for abrupt departures. Carry within your wallet the phone numbers of out-of-state relatives, disaster hotlines, even prayer hotlines, for possible future need and providing cell phones are functional. Also have ready a list of designated shelters. Should it ever happen that you are staying in a shelter during a hurricane crisis, usually the supervising agency will have at least one cell phone. The waiting lines will be long, but displaced residents do have a chance to call worried relatives out-of-state, or whomever they feel must be contacted. Keep current maps of your region, state, and nearby states in your vehicle. Configure and mark clearly alternate routes leading away from your region to several possible "safe" spots. Make emergency preparedness an automatic, almost casual part of your daily life, regardless of the season. It will reduce the tension tremendously, the quantity of decisions, during a fermenting atmospheric upheaval. 3.. Live Simply Year-Round: A tropical home is at its best exhibiting a kind of Zen-like primitiveness. Try not to replace objects discarded before re-locating. Avoid purchasing or display ing knick-knacks. Reduce the amount of photographs or pictures hanging on the walls. Avoid the temptation of adorning your lawn or garden with charming statues and objects. Keep one set of tableware/dinnerware, that is, one everyday set of attractive dishes that may be utilized for serving guests formally as well. The less you have in the home, the less you have to worry about, fuss over, figure out how to remove and where to store safely if and when a weather emergency arises. You can't miss or pine for what you never bought in the first place, should your neighborhood be confronted with potential storm damage. Even if you have no intention of moving South, harbour an "It's not just the tropics, stupid" mentality." Hurricanes may and do occur in diverse areas throughout the world. This is where positive thinking and creative visualization does indeed help: picturing yourself always safe, feelilng confident. When and if a tempest brews, your instincts will guide you to think and do the right thing at the right time. 4. Enduring Hurricane Season: Take all weather reports seriously. Unfolding current data overrides local lore and attitude. Always remember that even if you are detail-minded enough to cover every angle of a comprehensive preparedness plan, storms still may create havoc. A hurricane destroyed the various well-prepared homes of my mother, two brothers, and I on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and a subsequent one ruined my sister's home on the East Coast. I take hurricane season very seriously, no matter where I reside now or in the future. I had just moved to Port Charlotte, between Sarasota and Naples on the West coast. My relatives were already residing there and also on the opposite, Atlantic Ocean side of Florida. I had been assured by longtime residents, that the town was considered a virtual paradise, untouched by any weather disaster in over 40 years or more. The day before the event, the normal patterns of traffic and the daily routine of shopping, beach-going, supermarket chatter, seemed basically unchanged, the citizens unfazed. In hindsight, one sees the glaringly false level of security, a clinging to the idea that if something hadn't happened in a while, it wouldn't be occurring at all. An unconscious and unsafe presumption. August 13, 2004, Friday the 13th, when Hurricane Charley whirled through town, will forever be a formidable memory for me. Port Charlotte and its equally sleepy, tiny sister village, Punta Gorda, were jolted into the meteorological record books as the bulls-eye target of a ruthless roaring monster-storm.. Charley was to be the first shocking surprise to many. In the extraordinary year 2004 - 2005, hurricane after hurricane bombarded Florida and the subtropic regions, culminating in the horrendous devastation per New Orleans. A few storms afterwards in other parts of the subtropics continued to burst forth even into December, when supposedly hurricane season wanes. (4) Should A Hurricane Bear Down Directly: If authorities conclude your area is safely away from the trajectory of the storm, gather your extended family in one house. It is better than agreeing to meet later at a chosen destination. The latter abruptly may become at risk depending on sudden path changes of the hurricane. (4) Evacuate If Told To Evacuate. No ifs, ands, buts. If knowledgeable authorities assert your lives are in danger, heed this warning. Do you really want to stay in the midst of a fury? To end up seeing and feeling the vibrations of the walls, shaking and sliding, swinging in and out, as if your very home were inhaling and exhaling its very last breaths? To court injury, or worse? "Never again," is the belated motto of many who chose to brave the torrential chaos. A hurricane is a serial killer. It's puzzling, then, why violent forces of nature are anointed innocuous names such as Charley, Hugo, Bertha, Katrina and the like. It is as if we are chatting affectionately about a goofy roommate who happened to over-imbibe and smashed the furniture. These storms are NOT our "pals." If I could do so, I'd revise the system so that the naming of storms would match appropriately their nature and outcomes. Hurricane Vicious; Hurricane All-Mighty Destroyer, Hurricane Insanely Random, Hurricane Attila or Jack the Ripper or other famous brutes of history and/or fable. Perhaps these monikers would make people think twice about defying authorized commands, and waiving common sense. Perhaps more lives could be saved. The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina was compounded by the fact that many people who did have common sense, who did want to flee, had no means of doing so. While assisting in whatever way we can to help heal and rebuild the town of those courageous souls, let's be grateful if we indeed do have transportation choices, and are able to leave when necessary -- and we should do so without equivocation or illogical attachment to inert things left behind. I remember a few days after Hurricane Charley had dissipated, my mother and I returned and were observing the dark, dented mosaic of debris that was once her home, heirloom piano, furnishings, her grapefruit- and orange-tree garden. Noting that no one in our family had been hurt, although our homes were gone, my mother reminded me that for us the hurricane had not been a tragedy, but merely "an annoying adventure." Perfect insight and a balanced perspective. Thus, please adhere to the rule: people are more important than possessions. Escape when warranted without looking back at all. (5) Have Patience In The Aftermath: At a shelter, or later, when usually the National Guard is called to impose curfews, direct traffic, facilitate water and food, follow whatever dictums the local experts promulgate. After an astonishing upheaval such as a hurricane, the spirit of camaraderie radiates. Strangers become immediate friends; there is hope, comfort, sharing, compassion among hurricane victims. Look to serve as well as be served. Somewhere right next to you might be an elderly person who needs a reassuring hug. A person on line behind you in the hot sun, waiting a turn to receive the styrofoam lunch tray from the Red Cross, may welcome the extra bottle of water you are fortunate to be carrying. There will always be a person who is more upset, more lost, more hungry, more crushed in spirit than you. Do what you can. If needed, avail yourself of counseling offered by nonprofit agencies to help survivors cope with post-traumatic stress syndrome. Give yourself time to grieve losses. You'll probably never take life for granted again. Some weeks after Hurricane Charley, I was fortunate enough to re-locate to the quaint historic town of Venice, home of quiet lanes winding towards magnificent beaches. How normal it was, to push my grocery cart from aisle to aisle at the local Kash 'n Karry, wondering what to make for dinner. Normalcy is beautiful. In summary, I truly hope that this season will be benign. Yet what relief you will have, in knowing you have taken apt steps to meet with confidence whatever the near future holds. * |
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