Speaker 1: Escape to Borrow River Resort. It seems to be a
Speaker 1: running theme this time a year where bad weather comes
Speaker 1: through our area and surrounding areas, and of course as
Speaker 1: part of it it spawns off tornadoes and different storms
Speaker 1: and things of that nature. That's just part of growing
Speaker 1: up in the South, especially here in Mississippi. It's been
Speaker 1: that way since I'm a kid, you know. So of
Speaker 1: course the left loves to try to pretend that this
Speaker 1: is a clear sign of global warming, ignoring the fact
Speaker 1: that we have seen these type of occurrences for years.
Speaker 1: But that's not why I wanted to get into today's
Speaker 1: morning coffee. What I wanted to really do is just
Speaker 1: have a quick moment where we're putting out our thoughts
Speaker 1: in prayers, because once again there was massive storms there
Speaker 1: was going into Saturday. We were what was considered a
Speaker 1: Level five threat, which was the highest possible threat. And
Speaker 1: now after the storm's passed, you see the pictures of
Speaker 1: the devastation, You see the videos of people who lost
Speaker 1: their homes, who lost everything, and your heart breaks for them.
Speaker 1: You sit back and you think, wow, this is a
Speaker 1: this is real life right down the road from me
Speaker 1: and Taylorsville Mississippi. They got a direct hit from a tornado,
Speaker 1: and that is a town that two times a week
Speaker 1: now I drive right there through downtown Taylorsville, part of
Speaker 1: the area that was hit, to deliver these newspapers, and
Speaker 1: it's pre eye opening when you see stuff you've driven past,
Speaker 1: things that you took for granted, and you see damage,
Speaker 1: destruction and things like that, it really hits you a
Speaker 1: little bit more home when you recognize the things that
Speaker 1: have been lost. A few years ago, we had easter
Speaker 1: storms in which good friend of mine and guest on
Speaker 1: this program once or twice, Gerald Wade, his parents' home
Speaker 1: was destroyed, but they in the wake of that storm,
Speaker 1: his mother had just baked a pound cake and that
Speaker 1: pound cake made it through the storm. Despite the damage
Speaker 1: to the home, the pound cake was still there on
Speaker 1: the counter, encased in the cake case. Somehow it had
Speaker 1: made it. Gerald came up with the pound cake strong Moniker,
Speaker 1: and that's a message that hopefully we can continue to
Speaker 1: hold on to this day for those in Taylor'sville now
Speaker 1: who are dealing with the loss in devastation following these storms.
Speaker 1: The high school there in Taylorsville, it looks like the
Speaker 1: baseball field. The football field may have taken some damage.
Speaker 1: It's just a it's just sad to see that these
Speaker 1: storms roll through. What you always hope when you see
Speaker 1: these type of predictions rolling in and you see these
Speaker 1: weather people, you're hoping they're sensationalizing it, because a lot
Speaker 1: of times they do. A lot of times they tell
Speaker 1: you how bad it's gonna be, and then it's not
Speaker 1: that bad. That's what you hope. You hope it's another
Speaker 1: instance of just to them being overly cautious and sensationalizing
Speaker 1: how much trouble might be caused by the storms this time.
Speaker 1: But you realize that's probably not always going to be
Speaker 1: the case. They're gonna get it right sometimes, and when
Speaker 1: they get it right, you just have to hould on
Speaker 1: and buckle down. I was in Alabama this weekend because
Speaker 1: my aunt had passed away and they were having a
Speaker 1: memorial for her, and it was a good chance for
Speaker 1: the family to get together. I wasn't here when the
Speaker 1: storms hit here, but they did roll right there where
Speaker 1: we were, and it definitely got really interesting, especially leaving
Speaker 1: my cousin's house and coming back and you're driving past
Speaker 1: debris from where something had come through. Going back on
Speaker 1: the interstate, there's a tree down next to the interstate
Speaker 1: almost in the road that you see last second and
Speaker 1: have to swerve to miss. It's not just Miss Zippy
Speaker 1: that was hit. There were several states hit. I know
Speaker 1: in Mississippi. I think they have reported six loss of life.
Speaker 1: I haven't heard if there's anything more, but our thoughts
Speaker 1: and prayers have to go out there with everyone who
Speaker 1: lost their homes, lost loved ones. It's just one of
Speaker 1: those unimaginable things. No matter how prepared you think you are,
Speaker 1: no matter how ready you think you are for a
Speaker 1: storm of that magnitude to come in, there's always that
Speaker 1: part of you that is telling yourself, they just sensationalized this.
Speaker 1: It's not going to be that bad, and then it is.
Speaker 1: Or you're one of those over preparers. You've got your checklist,
Speaker 1: you've got this, you've got that, you're ready for the storm,
Speaker 1: and then the storm hits and it devastates everything. That
Speaker 1: didn't matter what type of prep you did. You can't
Speaker 1: prepare yourself for your house being blown away. You can't
Speaker 1: prepare yourself for the loss of a loved one in
Speaker 1: a storm like that. That's The tragic part of all
Speaker 1: of this is just there's nothing, really and truly you
Speaker 1: can do other than make sure that you're prepared so
Speaker 1: you can survive the storm and then pick up the
Speaker 1: pieces later. That's why it's important for us as a community.
Speaker 1: It's important for us as people to support. Donate to
Speaker 1: your local churches that are already doing food and supply runs.
Speaker 1: Donate wherever you can to help these people, and please
Speaker 1: lift them up in prayer. They need that strength, they
Speaker 1: need prayer, so make sure you're doing that as well,
Speaker 1: because again, we never know when the next big storm's coming,
Speaker 1: and we never know when it might be our time
Speaker 1: to have to deal with the loss and devastation. This
Speaker 1: has been Morning Coffee with the Right Side and I'm
Speaker 1: your host, Jack Fairchild's and we're a part of the
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