Natural Disters Can Strike Anyone
Natural Disasters Can Strike Anyone
By Elton Camp
Here in North Alabama, many are no longer alive
After an encounter with a tornado that’s rated EF-5
Killed were a second grade teacher and her mother
A handsome ten-year-old little boy was yet another
Grandparents died, grandchildren trying to protect
To parents of a one-year-old, tornado fury did direct
Those now dead were, at the time, in the wrong spot
It wasn’t a thing they did wrong or that they did not
Natural disasters strike both the bad and the good
Very often even those who did all that they could
Both alertness and following a tornado safety plan
In such a storm fails unless underground you ran
Well-built homes in this tornado were swept aside
Houses, possessions, jobs lost and so many died
Those of us who survived have a duty, though
Love and generosity for our neighbors to show
Future violent tornadoes can surely be expected
All of us should do what we can to be protected
That it may not be enough has been demonstrated
In this horrendous, true story that’s here related
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