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Plea to Help Tornado Victims

In light of this recent tragedy, the nonstop coverage of the Royal Wedding seemed even more insane.

Over 300 dead in our recent tornado tragedy that hit our state and our neighboring states.  It has been said that this is the worst tornado outbreak in over 80 years.  There are towns that have literally been wiped off the map and others that have remained closed because they can not get the help they need due to roads that are impassable.  I feel so sorry for those that have been affected and my prayers are with them.

 

In light of this recent tragedy, the nonstop coverage of the Royal Wedding seemed even more insane.  I didn’t understand the decision to preempt coverage of the human toll to discuss the possibilities of the changes Diana would have made to the wedding if she were still alive and the debate if Catherine would wear her hair up or down.  The final straw for me was the comparison of Catherine’s dress to Princess Grace’s.  I understood that while it was newsworthy, I think they should have hit the high notes and hit them once.  It seemed so insensitive to me to keep hearing and seeing the same things remotely related to the wedding over and over and over when we have a more important news story going on here. It disgusted me. The one good thing was that it made me turn off the TV and go donate personal hygiene items to a group that was headed to northwest Georgia the next day.  People helping people. Now, that’s a true human story that didn’t make the news because we needed to see the royal couple’s wedding cake once more?

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I encourage everyone to please contact the Red Cross or The Salvation Army or any local program to help our neighbors by giving. As you well know, there is great need and the devastation is overwhelming. 

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