Do they think the power might never go out? Do they think future wars won’t involve CYBER weapons of mass e-destruction meant to cripple the nation’s services? I’m not that naive. I love technology, but will make sure I can still parallel park my own card and add and subtract on my own, thank you!

It still surprises me that I can send a piece of paper or package across the nation for a small fee, and borrow a book or movie for free. Having my batteries go dead, my iPhone stolen, or my GPS subscription run out won’t keep me form doing those things. And since I still get the paper, too, I can read the news online, yes, but also read stories I choose, even when Yahoo or MSN don’t consider them to be “Trending Now”.

Lately I’ve heard more about these other things postal workers do, services most of us have never heard of, and which they are the ones most skilled to provide. I wonder how many people know of MItt’s plan to disband the USPS to save money from unions he feels have “tyrannosaurus appetites”.

As a Registered Nurse and student of public health living in the heat-stricken Midwest, I am wondering whether somehow the postal workers might be able to alert authorities when they see someone who might be in danger form extreme weather, so that 3rd-party volunteers might respond to a potential health emergency. I’m going to ask the St. Louis MP area office about this possibility.

In the meantime, thank you to all of you who go above and beyond, who watch out for the frail people on your route, for those who report runaway pets, for those who wait a few extra seconds for an answer when you knock with a Certified letter….and lots more. Some of us have noticed, and are rooting for you.