Ugh... heartbreaking scene on MSNBC

[MonkeyFunk]

A woman and her husband standing outside what was their home, lost in the tornado.

She's crying, saying "it just took the house and everything. My horses and my dog... I don't know if they're alive or dead."


It's almost unimaginable how one's life can be ripped apart so quickly.

[Maat]

1. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

What a tragedy.

[Solly Mack]

2. In the blink of an eye....it could be any of us

:(

[Karenina]

39. Indeed it could. CHANGE is the only CONSTANT.

The day I returned home from school, ran down the basement stairs to our playroom hearing my Mom scream her head off. WTF was wrong with HER??? :shrug: I reached the bottom, 50 years later cannot tell you exactly what I saw, but it was enough that I did a 180 and ushered my siblings back upstairs. My Daddy was dead and in that second my life changed COMPLETELY.

I met a tornado in Phoenix. It was coming down the street and JUMPED OVER US. EVERYTHING was different as I viewed the wreckage.

By the time of the Northridge Quake I was an old hand at this. I thought I was dead meat, grateful the kids were at their Dad's and simply EXPERIENCED how EVERYTHING CHANGED in seconds...

We ALL live on the edge.

[bdamomma]

47. so true.

very sad indeed, many Americans have been through such traumatic situations.:(

[Lars39]

3. I saw that this morning, too.

Just horrible. We had a few houses leveled not to far from us. :(

[snappyturtle]

4. I can't imagine...what a nightmare. Poor souls. Wonder if the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security's FEMA can be of any help? Oh, never mind I remember Katrina.

[bdamomma]

48. you forgot one thing * must view the area devastated by

destruction and give out his meaningless hugs.:sarcasm:

[snappyturtle]

57. Yes, I did forget! Thanks for the reminder. n/t

[okasha]

5. Awful.

Hope the horses and the dog are okay.

[CottonBear]

6. I saw that poor woman and it was heart wrenching.

I can't imagine losing my home or family members much less my pets or livestock.

My mare lives outdoors. I'd never considered that she could possibly be carried away by a tornado. (I live in the Southeastern USA where there are lots of tornados.)
:(

[Serial Mom]

7. Saw that earlier too, and then to top it, she ended by saying

something the the effect of 'we'll make it though'.

More power and hope to those who felt this ravishing weather!

[JanMichael]

8. I was telling my spouse about that this afternoon--trying to describe it

heartbreaking.

By the way, I am waiting for some clowns to show up and wonder why people are living in tornado areas. Bet me. Some twit will show up claiming "no sympathy" for people in "tornado areas" don't have at least a basement.

[KG]

10. hey! for 20 bucks i'll do it!

:hi:

[Carni]

14. About those clowns...

I really hope there isn't anyone assholish enough to show up and start making those kind of comments (but I know there will be!)

I still haven't recovered from the post musing about about whether or not people who default on their mortgages are *honorable* that I read earlier.

I think this whole freaking country has gone nuts (and that includes some of the posters here)

[blondeatlast]

16. Undoubtedly they will. My hopes and prayers to all who were devastated.

I grew up in KS and I know all too well that horrible sound...

To all who are devastated: :hug:

[TrogL]

18. Why do you need clowns?

Who needs scaring now?

[radfringe]

9. no need to worry little lady

huckabee will pray for you
mccain will start a war on your behalf because "they hates our freedom"
bush will wave at you from 30,000ft
fema will give you a trailer that will probably kill you from breathing in poisonous fumes
and your insurance company will drop you from their "good hands" as fast as they can

welcome to the GOP-world of family values

sorry for the sarcasm...but the thought of a mccain-huckabee ticket has me :scared:

[tridim]

12. Actually she'll get nothing

Unless she's well off and is lucky enough to have an insurance company that doesn't jerk her around.

If there's anything we've learned in the past 7 years it's that the GOP doesn't care about anybody unless they're in the top 2%.

[malaise]

30. Bush responded this morning and actually said

fellow Americans will be praying for them. I thought that was disgusting.

[bdamomma]

49. and think he will be viewing the area, and we all know how

he loves death and destruction, and I wonder if he is going to say "in this part of the world" what a SOB.

[lpbk2713]

11. She's in for another disappointment if she expects help from FEMA ...

or from BushCo in any other manifestation.

Smirky might play the guitar for her or send some cake, but that's about all she can expect.

[kestrel91316]

13. Horses aren't gonna fare too well if struck by a tornado.....

They're either gonna have a broken leg or three, or a 2x4 in the gut, or colic in a couple days. And the poor dog.......

I'm gonna go cry now.......and give all my kitties big hugs......

[enigmatic]

15. I saw that

I'm sick for her; I was choking back some tears, too.

[Cronus Protagonist]

17. I wish I could afford land, a house, a dog and horses

That would be something to cry about.

[MonkeyFunk]

19. huh?

[Cronus Protagonist]

23. Don't you?

Perhaps you already have them.

[MonkeyFunk]

24. I don't understand your point

are you bitter because YOU don't have those things?

That's your reaction when reading this? Making this about you? That's sick.

[Cronus Protagonist]

26. Thanks for the diagnosis, doc

But it's not sick to wish upon a star for something like land, a home and a few horses. I also wish for a Jeep and a couple of great children and I don't have them either. And I'm not bitter, I've learned through the years not to bother about it, but it is interesting to hear people fawn over the loss of a rich person's estate when there are so many poor people in the world. Life goes on, stuff can be replaced.

Maybe the homeowner and myself can share some wishes now.

[Name removed]

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[uppityperson]

33. Everyone who owns a home, dog, horse is rich? Incredible.

I see you are from CA. Have you checked out property in the SE? I guess anyone who lives in a home which has been in the family for generations is rich too, eh? You are amazing.

[Cronus Protagonist]

42. Everything's relative

I'm WAY poor compared to these people.

[uppityperson]

56. Any everyone else's suffering is held up to yours. Too bad.

Poor baby. :eyes: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[blondeatlast]

20. Does it occur to you that might have been her family's home for generations?

I have compassion for you if you are hurting. I KNOW this woman is so I have compassion for her, too.

Tornadoes don't have real estate value maps; they hurt everyone nearby.

I know, I've been in several. That sound is the worst sound I've ever heard.

[Cronus Protagonist]

22. I don't doubt it at all

However, my sentiment is still the same. I wish I could have risen to the heights from which she has fallen, and if she inherited it all, I wish I could afford the upkeep, and I also wish my family were rich enough to leave me stuff like that too.

Ah, wishes, wishes, wishes. Still, life won't be too bad. I guess now she'll have to rent an apartment like me.

[MonkeyFunk]

25. Damn

that's pretty bitter and hateful. Everybody else here shows compassion - you make it about what YOU don't have.

[Cronus Protagonist]

27. I hate no one, not even you

Sorry to burst your bubble.

[uppityperson]

35. Your bitterness and envy come through loud and strong.

I guess all those who got hurt at the university that got demolished are your equal now also, having fallen from how far they have risen, being able to afford to go to college.

[Cronus Protagonist]

43. You can make stuff up, but that doesn't make it real

Sorry for you not to know that.

[uppityperson]

55. "I envy them," #44

[MonkeyFunk]

38. No

you just resent people who've lost absolutely everything because they had something to lose to begin with.

That's a level of self-absorption that I can't comprehend.

[Cronus Protagonist]

44. I didn't say I resent them, I envy them, perhaps, but resent?

I think you're projecting your own resentment. I just mentioned I'd like to have their problems, at least I'd own some land. What's wrong with that?

[Marrah_G]

50. Why are you arguing with this person? They obviously have issues.

[walldude]

29. You and I are on opposite sides much of the time but I'm right

there with you on this. Has it come down to this? The only people who deserve our sympathy during a disaster are the ones who are less fortunate than we are? I wonder if Mr Apartment thought the people who lost everything in the typhoon deserved his tears because they lived in a poor country. Or was he angry because they had "beach front property"?

[Ghost in the Machine]

32. So... you try to shit on others to feel better about your own failures?

Whose fault is it that you don't own a home? Is it "the Man's" fault? Is it someone else's fault? Were you held back in your quest to educate yourself better, or get better job training/skills? Did someone force you to spend recklessly and ruin your credit (if that's the case).

Just *whose* fault is it that you don't have these things that you deride someone else for having?

[Karenina]

36. You've made your "confession"

but still have a L-O-N-G way to go...

[Ghost in the Machine]

41. ummmm.....

I suppose you're talking about the "confessions of a former racist"? I would imagine that, had you followed that thread, you would know that it wasn't about me, but about a friend of mine. I just happened to be the one who built the website for him and I'm helping him get his story and message out.

All that aside, though... what does it have anything to do with pointing out the fact that this other poster is disparaging people, who lost everything, for what they owned?? It's as bad as some of these so-called "liberals" and "progressives" on this board who were cheering because the houses of some rich people were burning down in the Malibu wildfires. It's disgusting, really.

As someone who lost everything in Hurricane Andrew, I *KNOW* the feeling of loss and devastation from a natural disaster.

I don't begrudge anyone of anything if they have worked for it. It's none of my business, nor anyone elses, how you spend your money. Period.
If you want to buy a solid gold, diamond encrusted toilet, that's your own business, as long as you can pay for it.

Lets try to stick to the subject, ok?

:hi:

[Cronus Protagonist]

45. I shit on no one, sir, I merely mentioned my situation

Perhaps you're projecting, or your comprehension levels are low at this time. I would like to own some land right now, unfortunately I'm not wealthy enough to do so. Is that so hard to understand.

[Ghost in the Machine]

52. Projecting? I hardly think so...

I have 12.5 acres of land with 4 homes on it, 3 of which stay rented out... does that make me wealthy? What would you say to me and my renters if a tornado had wiped us out?

As for my comprehension levels, they're quite intact too...
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-06-08 05:48 PM
Response to Reply #24
26. Thanks for the diagnosis, doc
But it's not sick to wish upon a star for something like land, a home and a few horses. I also wish for a Jeep and a couple of great children and I don't have them either. And I'm not bitter, I've learned through the years not to bother about it, but it is interesting to hear people fawn over the loss of a rich person's estate when there are so many poor people in the world. Life goes on, stuff can be replaced.

Maybe the homeowner and myself can share some wishes now.
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Oh... BTW... I've *got* the jeep and the couple of great children, too..

No, you're not bitter...

[calimary]

21. Tornados are like that.

They're rather horrible. Like snakes. Striking almost without warning. And yes, they can do all that shit that you read about, like driving straws into trees and throwing full-sized cows and cars through the air. Nobody has to make that stuff up. Everything you read about 'em is true.

What always blew my mind (I'm from tornado country originally) was the path of the destruction. Almost abnormally stark. It never failed to be utterly dumb-founding. You could see EXACTLY where the tornado went, and everything, and I mean EVERYTHING on each side was pristine - untouched - like NOTHING had happened. For some reason, that always amazed the shit out of me.

[malaise]

28. I was watching that and sighed.

I asked hubby how he thought we'd react. Hubby say we'll never know until it happens to us, but they represent any couple on any given day after disaster strikes.
I'm not sure I'd recover and it has nothing to do with the house or the furniture. It's the pets, the photos, those little things our parents and family gave us eons ago that make our home our home.

[Akoto]

34. I know how they feel. It's a terrible experience.

A few years back, I lost my home in Hurricane Jeanne. I grew up in that house. My late grandfather built it for my parents with his own two hands. Life hasn't been steady since that happened, I'm sorry to say. Nobody died, but the stability it offered was lost, as well as many cherished belongings.

[MonkeyFunk]

37. damn

I'm sorry to hear that. It must be devastating.

[lpbk2713]

40. We may be neighbors

I live in Lakeland. Three of them went right over me in six weeks time. You lost more than any insurance policy can cover and I can only imagine how hard the loss hit your family. I didn't have near the damage a lot of my neighbors had but I still wouldn't want to go through that again.

[radfringe]

46. *********READ*********** and give it k&r

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2828683

[Subdivisions]

51. How does that thread relate to the discussion in this thread? n/t

[radfringe]

53. lack of response/concern by this misadministration

to the needs of people in times of disaster

for all the blather about family values - where is the concern for families when they need it most

whether it's a tornado, hurricane, flood, fires, earthquakes or the economy going down the toilet - the repug answer is "gee that's too bad, you're on your own and we'll pray for you"

[Karenina]

54. Don't forget "Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps!"

[bluedawg12]

58. Thoughts and prayers for the victims and remember

these good people who come to aid the critters:

http://www.noahswish.org/

They were there for Katrina big time!