Consumer Goods

In a 24 hour time frame the most popular consumer good(s) I purchased was food. As I walked down the aisle at the grocery store, the images on the outside of the packages are alluring. They usually show the product prepared perfectly as if every time you make it at home it will turn out that way. No matter the product that’s being purchased, whether it’s electronics, food or clothing, it normally does not turn out as wonderful as the packaging shows. I have never made a peach cobbler as glamorous as the one on the outside of the peach can.

A tornado exceeding 130 mph swept through an Iowa town on Saturday destroying over 100 homes and leveling more than half the town. By a miracle, the only injury was a broken leg. When I read the headlines about this incident I was shocked! How can a tornado whip through a town at over 130 mph and cause (to the people) only a broken leg. How does this happen? “Storm spotters” were credited for the escape of the town’s people when they gave them a fifteen minute warning that the tornado was coming. “Anytime a tornado hits and you don’t have any serious injuries or deaths, you’re lucky,” said Monona County Sherriff. I completely agree with his statement. On Monday volunteers from all over Iowa gathered in Monona County to help clean up the tornado’s downed trees and rubble. The article went on giving testimonies about the town’s people seeing these volunteers stream in helping with everything. The entire article is very motivating. The weather service said the tornado was on the ground for a total of three miles and measured three quarters of a mile long at one point. I cannot imagine this happening here, to us. However, if it did happen somewhere in Florida… would you be willing to help?

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