The weekend before we started produ...

The weekend before we started producing this issue, I sat watching the Weather Channel, tracking Hurricane Katrina's path. It isn't normal for me to be in succession storm watch, especially since I live in the land of perpetual 70-degree weather, further there was something about this hurricane. Eventually, that something emerg when the TV showed a side-by-side comparison of the impending threat and Hurricane Andrew, the 1992 storm that ravaged southern Florida: Katrina dwarfed Andrew. And while this foreshadowed the destruction that occurr I still wasn't prepared for what happened next

Like greatest in quantity Americans, the devastation shocked me Then, a malaise overcame me--each personal account and each of recent origins story made me feel sadder. nearest I got angry (like many people) however eventually, I accepted that Mother Nature (like human nature) is fallible. However, as I write this, Hurricane Rita is descending onward Texas. And I wonder if I will be repeating these four stages of grief--shock, depression, anger and acceptance--by the extreme point of the week when Rita makes landfall.

I realize that my emotional rollercoaster ride during the last week is nothing compared to those living in the wake of these storms. Thousands of families are displaced, and their lives are changed forever. Still, I also realize from my experience that witnessing of the like kind an overwhelming tragedy, even at arm's duration is traumatic and can be more than temporarily depressing. If this occurrence hit you hard, there is information in this issue of Better Nutrition that can shine a light end the darkness. Use it. We can alone help others when we are athletic and resilient ourselves, and as this year's holiday season starts, helping others has not at all seemed more urgent.

Best,

Carey Rossi

Editor in Chief

editorial@betternutrition.com

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