"They Call the Wind Maria"

I am trying to imagine all those courageous he-men on the Texas-Louisiana shore who stayed put, for whatever imbecilic reason, as "unsurvivable storm surges" and winds were about to wash or blow away their homes — leaving them
standing there, exposed to furious Nature, with nothing but their dick in their hand. (h/t, Sonny Corleone.) 

Just another of God's gifts to his beloved Earthlings. Yet it's quite probable that many of these manly morons believed the Almighty, in all his atmospheric Old Testament wrath, would look out just for them, and spare them. Noahs, all.

Such God-fearing, Nature-defying dead folk are reminiscent of that grown woman, months ago, she could drive a car and everything, who told a national reporter that she was immune from covid because she was "washed in Jesus' blood." 

Where do these people come from? North Korean and Chinese interrogators in 1951 had nothing on America's religious fanatics and the expert brainwashing they can do to themselves.

God help them indeed, because millions of sane Americans just say to them, "Good riddance."

Maria blows the stars around
Sets the clouds a-flyin'
Maria makes
The mountains sound like folks was out there dyin'

(1951)

Comments

[Robert Cady]

Every time I hear about someone staying put during a natural disaster because "God will save me", I am reminded of the old joke beloved of pastors which goes something like this:
It had been stormy, and the river was predicted to rise. A man who lived next to the river ignored the evacuation request because he felt that god would save him. The river rose; the road to his house went under water. A high clearance truck run by the National Guard drove to his house and told him they would take him to safety. He refused, saying "God will provide". The river rose higher, now lapping at his porch. A police search and rescue team came by in a boat telling him they could take him to safety. He refused, saying "God will provide". The river rose higher, now filling the first floor of his house so he had to go onto the roof. A helicopter run by the Air National Guard flew by and told him they could lift him to safety. He refused, saying "God will provide". The river rose higher, washing away his house and he drowned. When he reached the pearly gates, he asked St. Peter why did God let him drown? St Peter replied, "God sent you a truck, a boat and a helicopter. What more did you want from him?

[eddie blake]

paint your wagon. good shit.

[Peter G]

Well except for Clint Eastwood singing.