After evacuating to Orlando due to Hurricane Ian, I fortunately came home to minor damage and electricity available yesterday. Many still do not have electricity here and the current death toll is 54 accorrding to USA Today: “The death toll from Hurricane Ian rose to 54 and power remained out to more than 860,000 homes and businesses across Florida on Sunday, four days after the Category 4 beast slammed ashore along the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast.” Ian traveled up the state directly to where we took shelter. From our windows we watched the force, and in the distance observed a transformer explosion during the storm. After we came home, I was cleaning up and decided to take a break and read the latest news. It floored me when I found out about the “Stampede triggered by tear gas leaves 125 dead after Indonesia soccer match” from NBC News.
How can a hurricanne with sustained winds were around 150 mph and nine-foot storm surge with three to five-foot waves as it hit the southwest coast at the island of Cayo Costa near Fort Myers and Cape Coral have a lower death toll then a football stampeed?
The answer to my question, to me, is individual human nature. I guess there where less people in Florida braving the storm then there where in Indonesia upset over the game? Anyways, prayers to all that have faced these nightmares and the families that lost loved ones.