Nemo: Are you all right?
Dory: I don't know where I am...I don't know what's going on. I think I lost somebody but I...I can't remember
Nemo: It's okay. I'm looking for somebody, too. Hey, we can look together!
Dory: I'm Dory.
Nemo: I'm Nemo.
Dory: Nemo? That's a nice name...
A name....what's in a name? Ask anyone....and they'll probably tell you... alot! A name can forever conjure up an image, good or bad. A name can knowingly or unwittingly brand something or someone for a lifetime. For better or worse.Take Nemo. Just a week ago I'm sure the name brought to mind a nice sweet image of a pretty little orange fish. With stripes. Young. Innocent. One who was lost and searching for home. Who eventually, in typical Disney feel-good infused fashion, was reunited with his family in tear jerker style. And all was well in the world that lives under the sea. (Or at least in the Great Barrier Reef.)
But my how a quick turn of the weather can change all that. Buh-bye sweet innocent little fishy Nemo, and hellooooo ominous scary winter storm Nemo. Really? Whose bright idea was it to name a dangerous winter phenomenon after a character that until recently evoked warm and fuzzy emotions in the minds and hearts of most Americans? Really? Shouldn't they give deadly blizzards monikers like "Satan" or "Hannibal"?
After the damage and havoc wreaked last weekend by Nemo, no one is ever going to utter the name again without remembering the damage, the power outages, the icy cold temperature, the deluge of snow, the total shutdown of a whole region of the U.S. No, it won't be forgotten any time soon.What's next on the list? Cyclone Simba? Blizzard Bambi? Tornado Thumper? Hurricane Happy? Yikes!
So....we survived. No damage, no power outages at my home. Thank goodness. Was kinda cool seeing the world around us come to a standstill...even if just for a short time. It was eerily quiet this past weekend. And the 2 feet of glistening snow outside my window was kinda pretty.
Life goes on. The snow's been plowed. Travel ban is lifted. The local kids have abandoned their forts and snowmen and have gone back to the re-opened schools.
But for a brief moment in time, the world stood still. And quiet. All thanks to that sweet, innocent, lovable Nemo......
Love your page and blog. Here in Arizona the weather is sunny, but chilly (we call 50's chilly). Live in Minesota and there it was cold at 20 below. Snow is pretty far away from us! LOL
ReplyDeleteLike the page and the notes, keep it up, got here by accident and it is nice here.
Hey there! Nice to meet you and thanks for visiting! Minnesota and Arizona are like polar opposites! I've visited both and liked both. Of course I've never been there in the dead of winter... ha ha! It's in the 40's this week and it feels balmy! The snow is melting...yippee!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words. Please stop by again real soon!
I won't be forgetting Nemo any time soon! Snowed into my little deadend for 5 days... This was one for the history books!
ReplyDeleteAnd here in CT it had another name, Charlotte. A local station has been naming winter storms with more than 6" of snow accumulation for years and wasn't about to stop just because winter storms are now being named nationally as well! There was a period of confusion when some thought we had 2 major storms coming our way. Thankfully just one, with 2 name...
Wow! Didn't know about the double moniker. How confusing! Oh no, we won't be forgetting this one for a long time. And watch out! They're forecasting more snow coming our way this weekend. Oh joy.....not!
DeleteThankfully it's been oddly warm and we've had some melt and this weekend's storm isn't going to be of epic proportions! Didn't that groundhog say we're gonna have an early spring? I'm ready!
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