Today, I am selfish... prayer request.

[Baymule]

Our area was hit by tornadoes last weekend, 4 hit the Canton Texas area. One of them was a mile wide and was on the ground 40 miles. Lots of damage. Mostly in rural areas, but that doesn't make the damage done any less significant. News casters like to show lots of damage, one farmhouse and a barn out in the middle of nowhere isn't newsworthy. Lots of cattle lost or killed. A friend's uncle rented a track hoe to bury his cattle, another had cattle in his pastures that he had no idea of where they came from. Farms got hit hard. Thankfully, it was First Monday weekend in Canton, a huge 400 acre flea market, and it was spared. Thousands of people in town for the weekend and they either had to hunker down or flee for their lives.

 

[luvmypets]

Praying for all the families affected

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't fear much but I do fear those type of storms.

 

[Rammy]

It never ceases to amaze me how it seems humanity has lost thier compassion for thier fellow neighbors. I knew nothing about the loss of cattle or about the brave people trying to save them. It seems the media would rather report about those poor victimized celebreties losing thier mega mansions than the tragic loss of life of people and helpless animals caught in the midst if this.
Guess thats not as newsworthy as a hollywood star losing thier house. And will these stars help by donating or helping to rebuild or support thier community in some way? Nope.

 

[greybeard]

It never ceases to amaze me how it seems humanity has lost thier compassion for thier fellow neighbors. I knew nothing about the loss of cattle or about the brave people trying to save them. It seems the media would rather report about those poor victimized celebreties losing thier mega mansions than the tragic loss of life of people and helpless animals caught in the midst if this.
Guess thats not as newsworthy as a hollywood star losing thier house. And will these stars help by donating or helping to rebuild or support thier community in some way? Nope.

You really shouldn't paint them all with the same broad brush..
Some 'celebrities' are helping and, it is being reported, tho more in online print than on TV. (admittedly tho, I don't watch any TV news)
A few that have been mentioned on web news;
Aaron Rogers..NFL QB donated $1 million to the Camp Fire Relief Fund.
Ellen Degeneress donated $100,000 to LA Fire Fighter's Foundation.
M. Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth donated $500,000 to Malibu Foundation..and they had lost their own house..
Sandra Bullock Bullock made a $100,000 donation to the Humane Society of Ventura County.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/entertainment/dave-grohl-guy-fieri-firefighters/index.html
https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/celebrities-california-wildfire-relief/

 

[Rammy]

Some have. Most wont.

 

[greybeard]

Some have. Most wont.

True...but the same is also true for the US population in general.
If every adult in the US donated just $6 spread out over the next 60 days ($1 every 10 days for the next 2 months) the total would be over 1.5 billion dollars. In truth, if previous disasters are any indication, there will most likely be less than 1/10th that amount donated by 'the common man'.

It's not that grass root Americans are 'cheap' but they are more likely to donate to local or regional causes and to overseas needs that have a long term visual presence.
Lots of Americans (about 1/2) simply won't donate to the current Calif problems because of that state's politics and perceived philosophical beliefs and attitudes.