stiction - noun - frictional force which hinders an object from being moved while in contact with another (Lexico.com)
Last night, New Jersey and New York were subjected to the cascading tears and whirling tantrums of Hurricane Ida. She was a handful, bad but not as bad as Irene or Sandy, her sister storms of intense rain and wind. Still, the images of cars drowning in the rising rivers and streams and houses reduced to fragments of wood and glass were enough to make the eyes bleed. Some of the vehicles and houses were pushed together via stiction. I can't imagine how the drivers and homeowners were able to escape, yet most did. It was pure adrenalin, the will to live, I'm sure.
As for my daughter and me, we were and are just fine. Thank God. Miraculously, the electricity held, and the sump pump has been working hard, activating every few seconds to ensure a dry, finished basement. Stiction might be involved mechanically in the positive sense, I suppose. Our inventions can get us in and out of trouble, it seems.
Lately, enough evidence proves the human race is clearly being tested. Mother Nature isn't pleased with our dirty habits. If we stand together, accepting of green legislature, stiction will allow us to do what is necessary to please her so that this planet can continue. I usually never get political, but global warming is nothing to deny. It's real. Let's do what we can to mitigate the problem. Each individual can take responsibility before it is too late.
Thankfully, the sun is out and the azure skies are cloudless this morning: a sign of good things to come? Hope so.
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