2012

“2012”

I woke up this morning at 5AM to the sound of six helicopters outside my bedroom window. Normally I’d brush it off and think, they must be doing the traffic report, but they didn’t leave. I’m pretty sure they’re still there now.

I live within spitting distance (literally) of the 101 freeway in Hollywood, so I’m no stranger to police chases, fire trucks, car accidents and blood curdling screeches etc. But there was something particularly unnerving about this fleet of helicopters outside my bedroom window this morning. Perhaps it was the ungodly hour of their tirade, or the unrelenting whir of their blades cutting through the smog, but something made me get up and check the news to see what was up.

Have you ever seen the movie “2012”? The one where global cataclysm brings an end to civilization, as we know it through one natural disaster after another? That’s what the news looked like today. Here’s a photo from today’s front page:

Yeah. That’s a giant sinkhole. Have you ever seen anything like this ever?!? There was a tropical storm in Guatemala this past weekend that has killed many and destroyed cities. Oh, also, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a 15-day state of calamity after a volcano erupted. That’s right – there is also a volcano wreaking havoc on the place. I mean come on! How crazy is that? And that’s only what’s going on in one part of the world. This is why I don’t read the news.

After I briefly skimmed the paper to investigate the helicopter situation (to no avail), I previewed one too many catastrophe and decided to curl back into bed, put a pillow over my head, and try to drown out the sound of the city. It’s mornings like this that make me think about all the things I’m grateful for, of which there are many. I’ll take helicopters over sinkholes any day of the week. Thank goodness this is 2010, not “2012” and I have enough faith in mankind that come what may, we have enough manpower and perseverance to survive whatever mother nature throws at us. My thoughts go out to Guatemala and to all the marine life in the South currently being drenched with oil from the giant spill, and to anyone and everything in pain or struggling to make it in the world – you will. We shall overcome.

All the best for June 2010!

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