Energy, Electricity and the Elements

I love the electricity in the air when it is storming - I feel so alive

Perhaps it is hard to relate here...so that those who are reading can feel the real essence of what I am talking about...but I'm going to try.

When it's about to storm I get very excited....and I can feel the energy in the air. The hair on my body stands up and I feel like my whole body is tingling. I feel energized. I believe that thunderstorms are a way to renew the energy within and around us.
During thunderstorms people release a lot of negative energy...fear and trepidation of what is coming....you can feel it building it in the air...but with each bolt of lightning and crack of thunder the earth feels cleaner and cleaner...and the rain comes...to clean and replenish the energy even more.

This week there was a huge storm in Saint Louis - I could feel it moving in before I even knew it was there...its magnitude was amazing - so much so that it managed to knock out power to a 1/2 million stl residents...I was one of those...and it left quite a bit of destruction in it's path....two days later there is still a tree covering 3 of the 4 lanes of the road in front of my apartment complex....

There is another concept or topic of discussion - a power outage...the reaction of society when there isn't power. It's like we might not be able to survive if power was lost entirely. The National Guard has even been called in to help because of the massive power outage....granted, it's hot...but are we that incapable?

I appreciate simplicity...but I fully admit to relying on the same things that you do and having the expectation that they will be there every second of my existence.

After events like this one a part of me considers becoming a citizen of wilderness...relying on nothing but mother nature in the 'natural' sense to sustain me...but then I have ideas for my future - to be a chiropractor...and this involves the 'unnatural' mother nature...perhaps I should plan a trip each year for myself...to be in touch with nature...so that I get my fill - away from the hustle and bustle...in the thick of nature....ah, that's right, Maine...here I come