NORMALCY?
October 19, 2018 NORMALCY? By Judge David Langham This week I am watching people traverse a proverbial long road to normalcy. On Sunday, October 7, 2018 Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in 26 Florida counties. This stretched from the Alabama state line (Pensacola) to Interstate 75 (Columbia County, around Lake City). The breadth was over 300 miles. #Michael had formed in the lower Gulf of Mexico and pred ictions showed him headed north, fast. Predictions are a difficult thing. Many people discuss disasters, particularly immediately after one. Whether flood, earthquake, fire, tornado, hurricane, or otherwise, people have both lived through one and recovered from one. To a person, they all acknowledge the impact and the effect on their lives. But, they also seem eager to compare their own risk to others’. We hear “at least with _______” there is _____,” or “at least we did not have to face ________.” There is a tendency to find something i...