Harvey devastated the Texas and Cajun
coast
Rainfall amounts that only a 1000
yr. flood could boast
Damage amounts that could reach 200
billion dollars
Refineries off line with gas prices
rising bringing motorists’ hollers
In the battle of the hurricane sexes
a female is coming on scene
A Cat 3 building to a possible 5
bearing on Puerto Rico in a fast moving stream
Puerto Rico has but 15 million in
its disaster relief coffers
In bankruptcy court not sure to the
victims what help it can offer
No Cajun Navy with winds and storm surge
that will make Harvey’s like a placid lake
Katrina and Camille like winds with
potentially many lives for Irma to take
Worse, the storm tract models are
never precise and hard to predict
If after hitting Puerto Rico she
veers across Florida into the Gulf major damage to inflict
We may be at the top of the food
chain and rearrangers of our habitat
But compared to Mother Nature’s fury
we are more like a bunch of gnats
Pray that Irma as La Douce this hurricane
remains
As opposed to Irma L’Amere bringing
killing waves, winds and rains
© September
4, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the
Alaskanpoet
Alaskanpoet
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