Jusr One Time

Photograph-Brian Lawdermilk AP

I know some will wonder what Hurricane Gustav has to do with weight loss. This was no cry wolf.

People complained when ones did not leave when "nothing" was done.

People complained when ones left and "something" was done

No one would know if the levees would hold. Thank goodness they did. But had they not held, so many lives were saved because of this major evacuation.

If the people did not evacuate and the levees did not hold, then heads would have been rolling about the failure of the officials, failure of the people who did not leave, you name 'em, somebody would have had something to say.

Anyone with half a brain knows that if you will live in the Gulf Coast or for that fact anywhere that may be disaster prone, you better have an evacuation plan something to get out of harm's way.

Sounds like good common sense. Even if you have had 100 + false starts, all it takes is ONE which is what Katrina showed.

I remember people used to tease me though somewhat gently when I would get out at a Cat 2 and those same people stopped teasing with Katrina. Though NO:a had not had prior to Katrina something that major since '64 Hurricane Betsy, the stage had been prepared for a Katrina.

The bottom line is the area is still struggling to regroup from Katrina with out without a Gustav or for that matter since we are only halfway through the hurricane season all the others that are queue out in the ocean.

There is a huge opportunity right now to go back and correct what was not done in Katrina and the fact that this evacuation seemingly went so well is evidence when people work together and put there heads together show we have a capabilities to do what needs to be done.

Though not perfect this was a good test run. We may not have another opportunity for a trial run.

I think we could say that about the challenges in weight release in a similar way. We could fall down and get up many times. Will one stop and throw in the towel because they didn't get the major dramatic loss they thought they would get with still another new diet and overlook the obvious that perhaps it was a trial run?

That perhaps they were working out the "bugs" so to speak.

Or they claim "Aha! Oh they just cried wolf so lets not bother until a Katrina like health issue threatens to destroy it all?" Or that it will just simply water under the bridge (pun intended)

All it takes is one time...

Just one time.
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