At 3 a.m. on Sunday a tornado swept through my home town of Leamington causing millions in damage. We walked through the carnage along the lake front that afternoon. At Seacliff Park and along the lake 100 year old oak trees lay in a splintered mass, and homes and cars were bashed in by the heavy trunks.
Eight hours before, we picnicked under the shelter of a treed canopy at the marina;now all the trees in that very spot have toppled over.
Farms in the nearby countryside lost barns and greenhouses to the F1 tornado which packed winds up to 175 kilometers an hour. Fortunately there was no loss of life and few injuries. Some had heard the sound of an 'approaching freight train' and scrambled for the basement while it passed overhead.
Events like this encourages one to think about the natural disasters which affect us all. These events may occur quite sporadically and rarely, but they are remembered for years to come.
It's also during tumultuous times that a quote such as this is meaningful:
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ~Aldous Huxley
