Watching Alert!

If you’re like me, you can’t believe this extraordinary weather we’re having.  Hurricane Irene has shut down the city.  In the ten years I’ve lived here, I’ve never known the MBTA (Boston's public transportation system) to completely close.   And this is just one of the many steps officials and residents have taken as we all watch and wait. 
 
Last Tuesday, we were also in a state of watching and waiting when a geological earthquake, the strongest East Coast tremor in 67 years, caused damage to older buildings, shutting down much of the nation’s capital and affecting tens of millions of people from New England to South Carolina. 

It’s not surprising that this week we have all focused on the pending inconveniences each weather alert brings to our lives.  I’ve been talking to many friends on the east and southern coast about how interesting it is that we are all experiencing and witnessing the same thing, and one of them said something very wise and very true.  There is an opportunity to change our mindset about what is taking place.  Although we may feel that we are dealing with these weather alerts from different parts of the country or points of view, it reminds us – no matter where we are coming from, we are all connected in some small way as we watch and wait.