California Rain Damage

I read an article on The Daily Press News Paper here in our home town.  The article estimates the total of the damage done to San Bernardino County here in California.  Since December 18, 2010 Southern California has received a lot of rain which has caused over 59 million dollars worth of damage in the county alone.  The article describes well of what has been damaged through the area but, the article I read only focuses on one part of the state.  Doesn't really explain with much detail; how rain was received and what parts of the county. This article seems to focus the price even though it explains it in the first paragraph then it kinda breaks it down adding up what is damaged and how much it's going to cost to repair it totaling it up to the 59 million.

Primer Impacto a Spanish news program explained in a minute how the California Governor wants President Obama to declare "disaster" in California because of all the rain damage that has been done.  It explains how much millions of dollars it will take to recover from everything and that it has been the worst rain California has had in over a Century.  The news cast summed everything up pretty clearly and showed clips of most affected areas in California. Those images really showed how much work people have put into keeping the water under control.  People talked about losing their homes and businesses because of floods or electric damages.  Even though I feel that maybe they could have added more details and made the announcement longer they got their point across.

A desert news article on line shows images of fallen trees, flipped over trucks, people walking in harsh rain and winds.  Out of the three I say this one has the most detail about the rain that has affected California.  They also talk about the strong winds that have also caused a lot of damage to the state. They mention the cost of everything totaled up from San Diego to San Fransisco.  They not only focus on property damage but the people affected by this disaster.  It informed me of people that have lost their lives during this storm.  It tells us that they are taking action by starting to clean up the mess and avoid any other bigger catastrophes from occurring in any county.   They also mention Governor Maldonado sending President Obama a letter to declare a disaster in California.  This online article covered from buildings, roads, homes, people, and everything else affected by the rain.

Power Rangers For Life.

Call me a nerd or lame, don't really care. Me being in love with the Power Rangers is as dorky as a 22 year old in love with their baby blanket and believe me I know people like that.  What's the difference? Everyone has something from their childhood that they can't let go. Mine is 5 teen agers with attitude who come together and fight monsters. What's the big deal? The green ranger was my first crush. I used to be that little kid jumping on the bed and kung fu'ing it up trying to keep the peace in the bedroom. Power Rangers Forever!

Don't understand?

Originally being from California, my brother loves to poke fun at me for living in New York.  Any comment that I say, any song I sing, or words I use always have the same response; "It's cause you're from New York. You New Yorker!" I honestly don't get it but, I think his number one goal in life is to make me mad.  To many it may not seem like a big deal but believe it gets annoying. 
 We were listening to spanish music in the truck on our way home and this jerk turns around and says, "Oh sorry Caren, I forgot you don't listen to this or understand it hu? Your from New York now and you probably forgot what it's like to be a true Mexican so your probably like "What the F*** is this?" Sorry I'll change it."  Not going to lie my blood boiled to the point where I couldn't stay quiet and I blew up in his face.  He knows I am more Mexican than he will ever be so, I called him out on being jealous which I won't put everything else on blast like he does to me.  After he felt stupid he goes, "Oh, Oh, well from the bottom of my heart you going to NY it's cool, but not for me." Yeah and that's because he wouldn't know how to live out on his own. 
He's a pain in the ass but I love my brother sometimes I just don't get him.

Blind Driving

After a long celebration of Christmas Eve and at Midnight Christmas began.  It was 3 a.m. when we decided to drive an hour and a half back home since there was no room for us in my God Mother's house.  While we were loading the truck my dad realized we had a flat tire because he had ran over a beer bottle hours before.  My dad and my drunk brother spent two hours fixing the flat while everyone in our family was falling asleep one by one.  The sky was so foggy and the breeze was so cold and here we were outside with my daddy.  It was 5 a.m. by the time everything was set and we were ready to go home.  The fog was so bad your couldn't see five feet in front of our vehicle. I couldn't even sleep because I was so scared something might come out or my dad would fall asleep.  It was the longest drive of my life and scariest.  There was a total of 3 car accidents that we saw on the freeways.  Finally though we got home around 7:30 a.m. safely and went to bed as soon as my head hit my pillow.  It's been a different Christmas since we all woke up around 3 p.m. and have been sitting around playing video games but, we are all together on Christmas day and that's all that matters.

Christmas Reality

Christmas plus California has been our big family tradition.  Once every 3 years we might spend it in Mexico with our grandparents but still consider it a normal thing.  Things might be finally taking another road as the company my father works for has shipped and moved to North Carolina.  So here we are faced with reality that next years Christmas we might be spending it miles away from Cali and miles away from our loved ones.  Then I think even if we are not under the same roof we grew up in, surrounded by family and friends who have always been there with us it will hurt to be away but it won't matter.  The house we will live in would be our new home since all 7 of us will still be together.  The family we will leave behind will always be family and will always love us.  I guess life is really about change and new experiences.  What really matters now is how we deal with it, sticking together through thick and thin. After all that is what family is about and our love, connection, and the determination we have is greater than most.

Merry Christmas to ALL!

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