Amen, Erika!!!:grouphug:

Sandy is also in Illinois, and they live south of me which is a bad area for tornados. Southern and northern DeKalb County always seem to get it worst. We are central and haven't had much damage in our town, but now that our trees are getting big, who knows?

When I was a kid, we had a tree split and crushed the roof of our house and landed on the other side in our driveway. Two minutes before it happened I was upstairs in my bedroom watching the tornado from my window. :eek::rolleyes:

Washington IL got hit very badly. We had emergency cell site techs come into our store yesterday to get supplies to take and help people get phone service.
When there's a storm or disaster, Verizon sends out emergency generators and cell sites to keep communication open. That's one of the things I love about my company. They also have free calling and texting to the Philippines.

I was thinking about and comparing both situations and at least we can get help to our disasters here quickly, compared to how it is for the typhoon victims.

I feel so bad for those areas in IL and IN who now have to deal with the horrible cold weather due...:hug:

Here in Texas where I am, we have been in the 20's the last three days. Currently it is snowing.

YIKES!
Just saw some news videos on the Internet about the storms going on in Atlantic and southern USA.

Stay safe everyone...especially if you plan to travel over your upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

May the storms blow over quickly, without further damage or injuries.

With love, Erika

This extreme weather the planet is experiencing is so scary….

Snow on the roof this morning. Cold, but not terribly. The usual Ohio
winter carp.:D This planet has always had extreme weather happenings,
Debbie. It's just that we hear so much more about it now and our dear
weather peeps love to scare the **** out of us..:D:rolleyes:!!

I remember, in the early 50s, in a November, having a Blizzard, with
heavy snow and lightening. The snow was so deep, there was no driving
anywhere and because it all froze, the schools were closed for two weeks.:eek:

I remember being in Ft Lauderdale, in Feb of 1961, when a Tidal Wave
rushed in and flooded the first floor of our Hotel, across the street from
the beach. All of the cars parked along the beach were buried in sand.:eek:

In 1974, the year that I had my first symptoms of MS, a Tornado whipped
right over my house and touched down in a nearby little town of Xenia, OH,
and wiped it off of the map.:eek:

Those were just a few personal old weather happenings, so can you imagine
what was happening, at those times, elsewhere?:eek:

I think it seems worse now because of the media coverage. Everything is presented in the most dramatic fashion. Even if something is bad all by itself the media has to embellish on it to make it seem worse. :rolleyes: Years ago we didn't have all this coverage. The news came on at 6 PM and you either saw it or you didn't. Now, we've got it in our face 24/7.

Exactly....:mad:

I pretty much stopped watching TV when they turned tragedies into entertainment and the entertainment on a lot of channels became tragic.

With love, Erika