Show Mother Nature Shows Show Us She's Still Boss For all our vaunted civilization our te technical developments and nd our hundred and one modern conveniences for easy living every once in a while old Mother Nature comes along and shows us who's boss W We see it sometimes in an earthquake earthquake earth earth- qu quake k or a flo flood which can be terribly destructive and tragic That's the kind of display of Mother Natures Nature's power that fills us with dread And then again we see Mother Natures Nature's pow power r manifested manifested manifested mani mani- as as ashe she he turns loose old man Boreas and puckishly lets him smother us with vast qu quantities of snow snow more more an amusing amusing amus amus amusing ing than a a tragic demonstration of Mother Natures Nature's power The record-breaking record snowfall which paralyzed the gre great t metropolis of New NewYork NewYork York is such a demonstration Twentysix Twenty- Twenty six inches of o snow practically ally stopped I this whole city of pers persons persons persons-a ns-a ns a prostration of this this' greatest development of modern civilization which could scarcely scarcely scarcely scarce scarce- ly be achieved by anything less than t an a dozen atomic bombs Trains were brought to a halt or crept along at a mile an hour or slower pace The clogging snow stalled private au automobiles s taxis buses and lances lancea Police cars and fire department trucks managed to get through in their efforts to safeguard the metropolis health and safety only with the greatest greate t difficulty While the spectacle sp of a great modem modern modern mod mod- em ern city with all its myriad activities and essential services being brought to almost almost al al- al most total p paralysis is no laughing matter matter matter mat mat- ter it is ironical ironical ironical-as as if Mother Nature derisively reminds us cocky humans that for all our cleverness we are still puny rand helpless ss in the face fac of her majestic power powe |