My fellow GoGers:
I'm sorry I have been absent these past few days, but there is a major concern over here.
I don't know if the news has reached Europe yet, but last Friday, the 10th of December, multiple tornados struck the southwestern portion of the state of Kentucky, which is one state north of where I live, in Tennessee.
Our internet lines run from that part of Kentucky, and alas, they were destroyed by the tornados.
But we got off easy. The tornados have completely wrecked and devastated that area of Kentucky.
For example, the town of Mayfield, Kentucky, no longer exists. There is nothing left except the foundations of the buildings. All the houses were destroyed, as well as all the stores, barns and silos, the fire department, police department, all the churches and all the schools.
As a result of the churches and schools being destroyed, these homeless people have nowhere to go. Go to the church for help? It isn't there anymore. Go sleep in the gymnasium at the school? It isn't there anymore.
Those poor people have no roof over their heads, no electricity, no gas, no water, and the night time temperatures have been in the low 20s, Farenheit. On the Farenheit scale, water freezes at 32 degrees.
Sadly, a similar tale is told all over that part of Kentucky. Reporters and news correspondants that have seen the damage, or flown over in helicopters, are saying it looks like World War 3 was fought there. They say it looks like these cities have literally been bombed out of existence.
There are many entire towns that are nothing but foundations in the ground. All the rest is gone with the wind. This is probably the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2006.
Please keep these poor people in your prayers.
-John
Screenshot is of Dresden, Tennessee, just up the road from where I live. Dresden was struck a glancing blow and did not receive the full force of the storms.
