Quiet Corner Whispers: Hurricane threats sow anxiety like elections
By Marge Hoskin for The Bulletin
A hurricane named Matthew, described as “one of the most powerful of recent years” did much damage to the southeastern United States as well as Haiti. The storm, that at one time had potential to reach Connecticut, was reported as having “space lightning” or lightning “sparks” that shoot up toward the edge of space instead of down to the ground.
My state of anxiety, a general unease about current events with uncertain outcomes, already includes the presidential election and those new wrinkles on my forehead. A hurricane and its possible aftermath in the Quiet Corner was something else to think about.
It was UConn Extension Educator Robert M. Ricard’s recent review of Stephen Long’s new book “Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England” that already had me adding hurricane supplies to my shopping lists. The review appeared in the latest issue of “Connecticut Woodlands” published by the Connecticut Forest & Park Association.