Heroic Attempt

I don't know how widely this story has circulated outside the western states. This man James Kim was an editor for Cnet in San Francisco. He attempted after nine days stuck in the mountains to walk out to save his family.

This story hits close to home because a number of years ago the men in my family spent three days rafting the Rogue River which was just a half mile down at the end of the creek where they found his body. That is pretty sparse country, very wild. To be stranded out there in the winter when there are no other humans for many miles would be disheartening.

I hear from home and read in the news of the mighty snow storms back in the Midwest which knocked out power to more then half a million people and claimed at least eight lives in St. Louis alone. My parents were without power until Monday morning. I posted below about the fires in the LA area. Nature keeps reminding us of her power, and that we are still in the hands of God.