My Hometown was hit by the Tornado

       

 

Hey ya'll!  This post has nothing to do with teaching....but my heart is so heavy.  It may be making news nation wide by now {but I'm still without cable so I don't really know what is going on}.  My hometown of Clay, Alabama was hit by a devasting tornado early this morning.  No one knew a tornado was possible.  We all went to sleep just thinking we may have bad weather....When I woke up and I heard that the neighborhoods by me were demolished and many people had died--including a 16 year old girl.  Thankfully my family and I were okay and so was my neighborhood.  The tornado turned, and if it hadn't we probably would have lost everything.  So many people I know lost everything today, and still there are others that I haven't heard from.  As I type I still hear helicopters and sirens, and I hope and pray that the firefighters are pulling out survivors.  The cable is still out, so I only know what people are telling me. 

On April 27, 2011 another devasting tornado ripped through Alabama and I knew so many people that were affected in the small community of Shoal Creek Valley.  This was the community I taught in and I saw the destruction first hand.  Driving through the Valley I saw people I knew walking like Zombies, I heard the sirens of fire trucks and police, and I heard chainsaws trying to find survivors.  I cannot believe that this is happening again...in MY community....MY town.  Please say a prayer for Clay, Alabama and remember the victims today.