Journal #29

Nature is control of most situations in our lives.Whether it be a natural disaster like a tornado, or a hurricane, or just the changing of the weather, like rain, snow, or sleet, nature dictates how we live our everyday lives. When we wake up in the morning the first thing we do is check the weather to see how we should be dressed. Before making plans, or going outside, we look outside to see if we can brave the weather. My own job in the summers is dependent on the weather. I work as a lifeguard at an outdoor pool, and we have to be very aware at what nature is going to throw at us for the pool patron's safety.  Nature is a funny thing really, it can never make up it's mind. Like today, I live in the middle of Illinois, where its almost sixty degrees outside! It should be closer to thirty or twenty! Nature is in charge of all natural disasters. We have had several tornadoes here in central Illinois, and most of them do quite a bit of damage. We also have bad ice storms ever few years which cause many power outages and days of school for us. A very big instance where nature was in charge was hurricane Katrina, which caused thousands of lives to be lost, and thousands more to have there houses destroyed and become separated from their families. The earthquakes in Haiti several years ago is also a good example of when nature was in charge. they came out of nowhere, completely destroying the country basically. Clean up and aid is still being administered to the people of Haiti today. Nature is in charge whenever a natural disaster occurs, which happens more often than we would think. Every time is snows or rains we have to change our whole day on account of what nature throws at us that day. I enjoy nature, but only when its very pretty and mild temperature outside.