Was just wondering how the recent emergency broadcast affected you.
Were you one of the actual people who saw the notification before it was clarified as bogus?
It made me wonder what I would be thinking??
We were supporting a missionary who was in Haiti for a few years before and then through the earthquake and a year beyond. She wrote about what went through her head immediately after the first tremor. She immediately ran out of her home and started looking for her kids. Everything else blocked out.
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11 responses to “How are you MamaJoy?”
As frightened people on the islands of Hawaii were hiding their children in storm drains, frantically trying to get in touch with loved ones for 39 minutes, our “hard-working” president was on his golf course in Florida playing golf. After playing golf he tweeted about Hillary, the democrats, not getting enough credit for how good he is doing etc. No mention of Hawaii and how frightened the people were of possibly having their lives end.
@halfbreed What? Why? I am pissed off about this. I have friends who ran for their lives yesterday who had a 4 year old and a 1 year old who are in Oahu for vacation. My sister lives on the big island,and she thought she was going to lose her life for 39 long minutes. I have every right to be pissed that our president doesn’t even mention this, when it’s his tweeting, and prodding North Korea is why Hawaii has the missile warning in the first place.
@Gina it is your right, indeed. I am not disputing that. Good for you!!
But me – I am really tired of seeing all discussions make a bee-line into our VERY DIVIDED political scene.
It’ll be a very long time before we ever, ever come to an agreement on anything that will help us ALL.
sorry, we’ll kill each other before that happens.
@Fletch Shaka.
@Fletch I want you to know, I am beyond anger. Passion and focus is what you are getting from me now.
@Gina I admire your passion and focus on your the issues you feel strongly about, not everyone can have or give this.
@Fletch Thank you.
@Gina
While such “moments of truth” are certainly not pleasant, out of them often comes an awakening from all of the delusions of security that keep us from becoming all we can be.
I don’t know about others, but most of my moments of greatest spiritual growth have come when often harsh and even pending-traumatic events have burst the bubble of complacency that I was languishing in .
39 minutes of “the fantasy” fading into un-importance . . . could prove to be one of the most healthful tonics there is; for those with the strength to carry forth with “triumph vs tragedy”.
If all we take from this is our outrage over how “someone else” performed/failed to perform . . . we will never see triumph from it.
Hey there, thanks for reaching out. I didn’t get the notification but I got contacted from those who did. The first thing I did was a google search, turned on my tv & radio, and opened a window to listen for the civil defense sirens. After a minute or two – there was nothing. In my mind, I had concluded that it was either a hoax or a mistake. My kids were still asleep, I didn’t wake them. I just kept watch until it was confirmed that it was indeed a mistake.
Strangely, I wasn’t really “thinking”. I was comforted by the fact that I was at home and I was with my children. I knew that we had a lot of food/resources to sustain ourselves for a while if need be, but I was really just thinking that if this disaster was going to happen, I’m glad that I would be with with those that I love.
@mamajoy That is a very cool response. I expected nothing less.
@mamajoy
I was very glad to see your post, and the substance of it. When I heard the news you and your family rather quickly came to mind.
When events like this happen all of the un-important things tend to fade away and all we’re left with is what is real and important in life.
I personally was brought to face this when I was just 11 y.o. when I was just hours from dying from a mis-diagnosed case of appendicitis. It has definitely been one of the greatest re-defining moments of my life.
And perhaps the greatest trauma for some . . . is facing the fact that when all of the un-important things fade from the moment . . . they are not left with anything “real and important” that is capable of sustaining them.