As a wedding planner that I am, I wanted to do my post yesterday of what more than the Royal wedding but it seems outrageous to me that after so many disasters and deaths in Alabama, the news of the royal wedding witch cost around 50 million was all I heard about in the media while desperate people in Alabama were worried about finding shelter.
On Wednesday, a massive thunderstorm front spawned 137 tornadoes, killed at least 249 people, at least since all the searches have not been completed. The Same day our President Obama declared Alabama a federal disaster area and his statement said:
“Our hearts go out to all Those Who Have Been Affected by this devastation, and we commend the Heroic Efforts of Those Who Have Been working tirelessly to respond to this disaster.”
It is sad to see the world’s response to the royal wedding, people camping and buying souvenirs. In the case of the USA, I’d love to know how many of these people who traveled to witness firsthand the royal wedding (I’m sure very few) make donations to St. Jude to save children with cancer or American Heart Association or Salvation Army. How many volunteer at church and how many go out to our streets to feed the poor.
In the case of the media they
I hope and I am sure that there is a big group that has other agendas and believes that will volunteer and quickly will be on the move, just as they were after hurricane Katrina and also for Louisiana. Churches and other groups will offer refuge and resources and neighbors will reach out to one another.
Disasters leave heartache, but they also bring people together. That’s the way of love.