By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--August 26, 2011
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Beyond that point, Irene will track extremely close to or over the mid-Atlantic coast and New York City before plowing into western New England. This could mean the worst effects from a hurricane in the region in 50 years. Irene is expected to track near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and Delmarva coast Saturday night, then could pass within 30 miles of New York City on Sunday as a weakening Category 2 hurricane."While on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama sent back no words of comfort to the worried-about-Irene. Citizens already living with economic worry don’t know whether Obama’s decision to remain on holiday had to do with his trying to wax macho, or if he was just sticking on message to his not giving a damn style. But thanks largely to AccuWeather.com and talk radio show’s best, Mark Levin, people were being advised to prepare for what could be the “once-in-50-year” hurricane for the Northeast. We all have friends in the Irene challenged USA East Coast. In the case of Canada Free Press (CFP) two close friends in heart-achingly beautiful Topsail, NC area, one of whom only returned home on Wednesday from a third knee surgery in as many years. They will all, please God, pull through. Most of the millions that could be affected by this potential Mother of all Storms, know in their hearts that no politician, no matter how braggartly, can calm the seas, but only exploit them with false warnings of global warming. The Kingdom of the One who calms the seas is Heaven not Washington. Through Mother Nature, God Almighty sometimes sends storms and natural disasters. Politicians like the one currently in the White House create storms in the human soul. Since we get so little inspiration but much heartache from the White House these days, there may be no better time to remember the words on a plaque kept on the desk of President John F. Kennedy: “The ocean is so big and my boat is so small.” The “Prayer of Breton fishermen” was given to Kennedy by Admiral Hyman Rickover, who gave one like it to the commanding officer of each new Polaris submarine. A steadfast and true American hero like the so many we hear so little about these days, Admiral Rickover is buried in Section 5 at Arlington National Cemetery. His first wife, Ruth Masters Rickover (1903-1972), is buried with him and the name of his second wife, Eleonore A. Bednowicz Rickover, whom he met and married while she was serving as a Commander in the Navy Nurse Corps., is also inscribed on his gravestone. He is survived by Robert Rickover, his sole son by his first wife. “At Arlington, Rickover’s burial site overlooks the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame. The legacy of Rickover is contained in his creation of a detail-focused pursuit of excellence to a degree previously unknown, he redirected the Unites States Navy’s ship propulsion, quality control, personnel selection, and training and education, he has had far reaching effects on the defense establishment and the civilian nuclear energy field. Meanwhile, a perfect prayer in the calm before Irene and all other perfect storms of life: “O God be near me--the ocean is so big and my boat is so small.”
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