Jamie Burt

[History Photographed @HistoryInPics]

For a quick moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

When you're 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet.

When you're 41, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war and the Holocaust kills six million. At 52, the Korean War starts and five million perish.

At 64 the Vietnam War begins, and it doesn’t end for many years. Four million people die in that conflict. Approaching your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could well have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening.

As you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends. Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? A child in 1985 didn’t think their 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. Yet those grandparents survived through everything listed above.

Perspective is an amazing thing. With so much happening right now and as 2023 ends, let's try to keep things in perspective, knowing that we will get through all of this. In the history of the world, there has never been a storm that lasted forever. This too shall pass.

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@Dean_Fisher96 @FloHockey @HockeyTV Brutal!

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@Dean_Fisher96 any updates on the FloHockey feed for the game tonight?

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@Dean_Fisher96 @FloHockey Too bad. Not hearing a lot of positives about the switch from @HockeyTV No pre-game, more technical issues … frustrating!

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@Dean_Fisher96 I’m guessing no solution Dean?

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@Dean_Fisher96 Thanks!

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

I collect 'Sentences I wish I wrote.'

Here are 7 of the best:

1. F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@ToreaKeith Awesome!!!!

[Edgehill Elementary @sd47_edgehill]

Wishing our students, their families and our staff a wonderful Spring Break! We reopen on Monday March 27th. Here is a link to the Week at a Glance: https://t.co/7SEQgWE93B Reminder that access to the Recreation Complex is free over the Break for all students! @sd47_board

[NHL Public Relations @NHLPR]

No defenseman in NHL history has accumulated 200 🍎s in fewer games than Quinn Hughes of the @Canucks.

#NHLStats: https://t.co/gLoRa3pvfh

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@GeneralsJrB @MyHockeyTV Game 3 of the playoffs and no sound since the 5 minute mark! Any updates?

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@RSmisko @GlobalBC @jarmstrongbc Playoffs though!

[Western Hockey League @TheWHL]

What is your go to response when Luke Shipley scores?

If your answer is similar to, "JUST CALL ME DADDY," you're not alone!

@bdnwheatkings

[Edgehill Elementary @sd47_edgehill]

We are inviting students, staff and family members to wear pink on Wednesday Feb. 22nd. We have a number of activities planned throughout the week; including PAC supported Kindness Soup for the entire school on Wednesday! ⁦@sd47_board⁩

[Evan Hammond @HamWilder]

Atta boy Keats !

[Port Alberni Bombers @PortBombers]

Congratulations to our three VIJHL awards finalists. Tanner Burt (rookie of the yr) Felix Plendl (unsung hero) and Chase Pacheco (rookie of the year). Good luck men! #bombershockey #hockeyvalley

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@theaarondouglas @PortBombers @tanner_burt3 @Dean_Fisher96 Uncle AD! Not a bad tender back in his day too!

[Aaron Douglas @theaarondouglas]

Hey @PortBombers

Hoping you can give a little love to my boy @tanner_burt3 and use his pic for a game day announcement, especially after his OT snipe the other day.

Proud Uncle AD. 😉

@Dean_Fisher96

[Jamie Burt @jgburt]

@DonTaylor5 Agreed. Not that he’s the guy, but the way that it has been handled???? Shockingly embarrassing

[Port Alberni Bombers @PortBombers]

Our projected lineup for tonight as we host the @NBuccaneers in @vijhlofficial action #bombers #bombsquad