Please hurry Spring

Yesterday there were horrific tornados in the South, and Enterprise, Alabama was especially hard hit with a school ripped apart. Several students were killed. I don't think I can comprehend the anguish and grief that such a random act of nature can bring about. I have been through Enterprise several times and it was always a bustling little Southern town bolstered by the raucous sounds of hundreds of US Army helicopters flying overhead and landing from nearby Ft. Rucker. It seemed that spring was always a month or so ahead of us here in Kentucky as we snuck down I-65 towards Destin or Panama City. This is only a drop in the bucket compared to Mississippi and Biloxi, but along with Florida, the South must feel itself cursed. Spring in the South brings on azaleas and other fragrant shrubs. Savannah, Georgia has I think something like 28 perfectly square parks with statues and beautiful flowers that bloom in early spring. When James Oglethorpe laid out the city, he made sure there were gorgeous little pieces of paradise for the citizenry to retreat to after stressful days. One of my favorite memories of Savannah is seeing a huge orange and white Coast Guard helicopter come floating down the Savannah River, all young crewmen hanging out the doors and windows, only 4 or 5 feet above the muddy water. Their turbulance and backwash from the powerful rotors was blowing up the short skirts of the pretty tourist girls walking along the cobbled-stoned walkways of the water front. Certainly a sight old Olglethorpe could have never envisioned.In equal fashion I have been in panhandle Florida in February diving Ginny Springs in radiant mid seventy degree temperatures, only to call back home to find 8 inches of snow and ice in Kentucky. We have cavorted with the manatees in Crystal River and swam in the near unlimited visibility of The Blue Grotto, a deep cave/spring west of Gainesville.It's hard to imagine that only 500 miles south will make such a difference. Spring in Kentucky is often a cold, damp, miserable affair. The Ohio Valley is notorious for fickle weather. Today it is very windy with low 60's. Tomorrow it is forecast for mid 30's with a chance of snow. The bad news is the deep south is expecting more severe weather. Just ask the severe weather expert , Dr. Greg Forbes. I don't know which depresses me the most, weather forecasters or the weather itself. The only breaking news at the moment is maybe they'll bury Anna Nicole some time soon. Can you believe they took time out from Brittany to describe Anna's burial gown??All of February has been inundated with Brittany and Anna, the shows lately have gotten sidetracked on Al Gore's utility bills(20 times the national average). Do you care??3100 have been killed in Iraq and 22000 injured. Walter Reed seems to have had a severe lapse in care, and a two star general has lost his position. Soldiers are still getting killed, yet we as the citizenry feast on the sweet milk of trashy harlots in Hollywood. Is this denial or an escape mechanism? Now don't misinterpret my message. I think we are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq for what our lives have come to mean. I think we need to take out the short clown of Iran , as well as his little buffoon in Venezuela. Maybe Castro won't last until summer. We can only hope spring comes to our country and warm , moderate weather returns.The croccus are blooming,as well as the earliest daffodils. Daytona was won by Kevin Harvick, and March Madness is once again upon us. Maybe college basketball can wash away the stagnancy of the Hollywood crowd and their endless frivolity.I think I need a change of climate as everything is starting to wear on my nerves. Maybe working for 29 years is long enough. Changes in attitude and changes in latitude. Good times and riches and sons of bitches. If we couldn't laugh we'd all go insane. Jimmy Buffett lives in eternal spring, something money allows one to do. But then again Aruba has three seasons: Last summer, this summer,and next summer. That would be pretty boring. The Garden of Eden sometimes has to have diversity. The Garden of Eden was located in Mesopotamia , between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, near Baghdad.Ironic isn't it? Please hurry Spring.