Escape to Borrow River Resort. It seems to be a running theme this time a year where bad weather comes through our area and surrounding areas, and of course as part of it it spawns off tornadoes and different storms and things of that nature. That's just part of growing up in the South, especially here in Mississippi. It's been
that way since I'm a kid, you know. So of course the left loves to try to pretend that this is a clear sign of global warming, ignoring the fact that we have seen these type of occurrences for years. But that's not why I wanted to get into today's morning coffee. What I wanted to really do is just have a quick moment where we're putting out our thoughts in prayers, because once again there was massive storms there was going into Saturday. We were what was considered a
Level five threat, which was the highest possible threat. And now after the storm's passed, you see the pictures of the devastation, You see the videos of people who lost their homes, who lost everything, and your heart breaks for them. You sit back and you think, wow, this is a this is real life right down the road from me
and Taylorsville Mississippi. They got a direct hit from a tornado, and that is a town that two times a week now I drive right there through downtown Taylorsville, part of the area that was hit, to deliver these newspapers, and it's pre eye opening when you see stuff you've driven past, things that you took for granted, and you see damage, destruction and things like that, it really hits you a little bit more home when you recognize the things that
have been lost. A few years ago, we had easter storms in which good friend of mine and guest on this program once or twice, Gerald Wade, his parents' home was destroyed, but they in the wake of that storm, his mother had just baked a pound cake and that pound cake made it through the storm. Despite the damage to the home, the pound cake was still there on the counter, encased in the cake case. Somehow it had
made it. Gerald came up with the pound cake strong Moniker, and that's a message that hopefully we can continue to hold on to this day for those in Taylor'sville now who are dealing with the loss in devastation following these storms. The high school there in Taylorsville, it looks like the baseball field. The football field may have taken some damage. It's just a it's just sad to see that these
storms roll through. What you always hope when you see these type of predictions rolling in and you see these weather people, you're hoping they're sensationalizing it, because a lot of times they do. A lot of times they tell you how bad it's gonna be, and then it's not that bad. That's what you hope. You hope it's another instance of just to them being overly cautious and sensationalizing how much trouble might be caused by the storms this time.
But you realize that's probably not always going to be the case. They're gonna get it right sometimes, and when they get it right, you just have to hould on and buckle down. I was in Alabama this weekend because my aunt had passed away and they were having a memorial for her, and it was a good chance for
the family to get together. I wasn't here when the storms hit here, but they did roll right there where we were, and it definitely got really interesting, especially leaving my cousin's house and coming back and you're driving past debris from where something had come through. Going back on the interstate, there's a tree down next to the interstate almost in the road that you see last second and have to swerve to miss. It's not just Miss Zippy that was hit. There were several states hit. I know
in Mississippi. I think they have reported six loss of life. I haven't heard if there's anything more, but our thoughts and prayers have to go out there with everyone who lost their homes, lost loved ones. It's just one of those unimaginable things. No matter how prepared you think you are, no matter how ready you think you are for a storm of that magnitude to come in, there's always that part of you that is telling yourself, they just sensationalized this.
It's not going to be that bad, and then it is. Or you're one of those over preparers. You've got your checklist, you've got this, you've got that, you're ready for the storm, and then the storm hits and it devastates everything. That didn't matter what type of prep you did. You can't prepare yourself for your house being blown away. You can't prepare yourself for the loss of a loved one in
a storm like that. That's The tragic part of all of this is just there's nothing, really and truly you can do other than make sure that you're prepared so you can survive the storm and then pick up the pieces later. That's why it's important for us as a community. It's important for us as people to support. Donate to your local churches that are already doing food and supply runs. Donate wherever you can to help these people, and please
lift them up in prayer. They need that strength, they need prayer, so make sure you're doing that as well, because again, we never know when the next big storm's coming, and we never know when it might be our time to have to deal with the loss and devastation. This has been Morning Coffee with the Right Side and I'm your host, Jack Fairchild's and we're a part of the Midnight Ride Network. This show has been brought to you by Pearl River Casino and Resort.