I believe the most offensive comment I have heard regarding Hurricane Dorian was uttered by our own City of Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg. He was being interviewed after Dorian had made his way up the coast. He said that he was... and as he paused I filled in "relieved" but I was wrong. He said he felt "blessed" that the worst of the storm had passed us by. BLESSED.
BLESSED.
Each day, as I watch the devastation that befell the people of the Bahamas, the word echoes in my mind. What hubris! That God would choose to give us a break after wreaking havoc on the people of the Bahamas.
I wonder that we wouldn't rather give credit to science for the path and effects of the storm.
Holy City, my ass.
And for the record, Mayor Tecklenburg, with that comment, for once beats out Donald Trump for tastelessness and insensitivity. Congrats, Mayor.
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