BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE

Life changes all the time. Nothing is permanent. The only constant is change.

Hurricane Ian proved again that life is unpredictable and so is the weather. One reminder from Hurricane Ian is that we can’t fight the weather and come out very well. Category 4 hurricanes are certain to bring devastation and loss of life to what or who is in their path.

Dozens of people in Florida lost their lives to Ian last week. Hundreds of millions of dollars of damage occurred. We can always hope the weather will not be as bad as forecasted. We can always hope to hold out, hang on and survive, but bad weather is a formidable foe.

California fires, Midwest tornadoes, Appalachian flooding, and now a Gulf Coast hurricane proves again that it’s best to get out of the way of Mother Nature. This often means hurrying to a place of safety depending on the threatening weather.