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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.
Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.
January 31, 2025 at 2:58pm January 31, 2025 at 2:58pm
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What are your thoughts on the recent airplane and the helicopter in the DC area? Do you believe there are going to more of these tragedies or less?
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I'm so sorry this happened at all! I mean when a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided in the air as the plane was trying to land in Washington. To the best of what I could find out, there were no survivors in the deadly collision above the icy waters of the Potomac River near Washington, DC. Imagine all those families who are in shock and grieving! Too many victims now, those dead from the crash and the alive ones who are the families and friends.
I don't know if there'll be more or less of these tragedies again. Investigators have so far recovered the cockpit voice and flight data from the passenger jet, as well as the recording device from the helicopter. Also, as of today, they are keeping it hush hush. If they can learn something from this accident, maybe some of such tragedies can be evaded, but knowing a thing or two about human errors, a total relief from accidents like this may be impossible. Moreover, we have the addition of Ai, in the works, which is supposed to help us through stuff.
Not that if anything goes wrong is Ai's fault. It is the fault of companies who do not understand the new technology and do not train their workers well enough. This makes me wonder how much of the mishandling of Ai or pilot error was involved in this airplane crash or any other accidents and mishaps.
Just this morning, I had to handle such an Ai mishap with my internet and TV provider. Luckily, instead of having a nervous breakdown on their Ai phones, I went to their actual store to avoid the dread of wasting my time on the phone.
It seems, things are okay now, but only so far, and I am not trusting Comcast or any other company, in whichever area of life they may be operating. This is because there's that too much of dependence and belief in technology, and I've had too many headaches in the recent year due to any one company mishandling Ai.
Maybe, we should take a good look at ourselves and try to find out where we go wrong by using a fair insight, and not be blinded by any new technology or short-cuts to make things (!) easier. Maybe the helicopter operators, airplanes, and those who guide them from the towers and offices should step back and take a good look at themselves, before taking their easy shortcuts.
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