Imperfect thoughts on a real "perfect storm"

While watching the news, necessarily covering the approaching hurricane, the thought occurs that this is but one of many matters of growing concern. This could well be the “perfect storm” that nearly scuttles us.

We are experiencing a terrifying confluence of circumstances, a scenario that the late Rod Serling would dismiss as being too ridiculously far fetched. Yet here we are: the western half of the North American continent is on fire, an enormous hurricane has devastated much of Texas and parts of Louisiana, the most massive hurricane ever recorded is about to impact Florida and southeastern states after trashing pretty much everything in the Caribbean (including US interests of Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands), an 8.1 earthquake has struck off the west coast of Mexico (and big earthquakes aren’t known to fly solo), North Korea is threatening the US and Japan with nuclear missiles just as our suddenly accident-prone Pacific fleet is evaluating the possibility that their cyber systems have been compromised — and at the helm of our ship of state is a horrifically incapable, incompetent captain who has surrounded himself with a similarly inept crew whose first tasks were to remove all the lifeboats.

And this is all being gleefully observed by the enemy who hacked and manipulated in order to aid the ascendance of that pitiful captain whose most notable singular “accomplishment” has been the increase of our vulnerability. At this darkening hour, it’s uncomfortably easy to picture Vladimir Putin smiling as he contemplates the possibility of picking up the pieces.


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