MOTHER NATURE,IS ANYONE LISTENING? NC TORNADOES.

We live just east of Colerain,NC just about 6-8 miles. I sat on my front porch and watch the dark sky's and the continuous flashes of lighting that seem to last forever. I knew that the people around Colerain was really going through hell. All the time not knowing if it would cross the Chowan river and hit us next. I have been through quit a few hurricanes but I never seen and heard the sky so angry.

I know the fear that was in our hearts waiting to see if it would come our way and could only imagine the hell the people around Colerain were going through. Our hearts rushed as the wind got very still and from past experience with hurricanes it was the moment of indecision on what to do next. Stay or go,but where? I watch the flag on the flagpole for a sign of wind direction and then the flag began to waver with the direction pointing north.

The tornado would head northerly from us and not cross the river. For a moment I was relieved but then my mind went back to my friends across the river knowing the hell they must be going through and not being able to help them. Mother Nature was really angry that night. Our heart's and prayers go out to them for the night that we won't forget for a very long time. Ur friends from across the river. Bill & Thelma

HOMELESS WOMAN ON THE STREETS.

I just saw a news clip on CNN that shows women mostly elderly living on the streets of NY. Few things really bother me but this really did. These are someones mothers,grandmothers and daughters. Its hard to watch these women eating out of garbage cans, sleeping in doorways or under brides.
I can't remember being so disgusted with our government and the American people allowing this to be happening in this country. We send Billions to other countries overseas to rebuild their countries while we have the elderly women eating out of garbage cans. They have no homes, It seems that we as Americans don't care. Whats happened to our Faith and Morality in this country? We just don't seem to care about each other anymore. Maybe we need to show the world these pictures of elderly women eating from garbage cans and sleeping in doorways and under brides and show them the real United States Of American instead of all these pictures of how great this country really is and it is such a wonderful place to live.
Every American should be ashamed of our government and greedy Corporations for letting this go on in our country. Men, veterans and teenagers living on the streets are bad enough but when it comes to elderly women that's the straw that breaks the camels back. They showed an elderly women in a wheelchair with everything she owned hanging from it and the weather was 15 degrees outside. It brought tears to my eyes to see  how far this country has deteriorated. We sit in our warm heated homes worrying about a loaf of bread going up in price by 10-15% while we have elderly women on the streets in this country that don't even have a slice of bread to eat. I am as guilty as the rest of American people for not speaking up to my congressmen and woman along with our senate and president. I can't give much but I know whatever I give to help my fellow Americans will be a help. It scares the Hell out of me to think someday that may be my sister,mother or grandmother out there on the streets of this Country begging for food and living in doorways and under bridges. BM