There was some horrible weather here with several tornados. The only thing that gets me, though, is in the national articles I have read. They seem to want to imply that the large number of deaths was due to ignorance because there were sirens and warnings. Yes, there was a warning in the days prior to the storms. In Memphis, the sirens were going off for hours. While this does serve its purpose by warning people, when people have been listening to these sirens for hours and it has been horrible storms with strong winds, people don't know what to expect. It seems as if they are trying to say, "hey dummies, you knew this was coming, so if you would have gotten off your behind you wouldn't be dead." It was a horrible experience for all that had to go through it. I don't think it is very respectful to those who lost loved ones, or those who lost their homes. I'm sorry for ranting, but I was appalled at what I was reading. I am so tired of Southerners being portrayed as ignorant. It is like they try to find the biggest morons they can to put on TV, to try to make southerners fall into that "dumb hick" catagory.
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