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A friend I know in Alabama sent me a text asking me to, if I believed in a higher power, pray for his safety.
ReplyDeleteI replied, "May Princess Celestia keep you safe."
The good news is that both of my friends from the state are safe! I wish I had money to donate to help out the whole state.
I don't know anyone down there, but why should I let that stop me from donating? I haven't decided upon an organization yet, but I'm too shaken by the devastation (particularly by tornadoes, a HUGE fear of mine) *not* to contribute.
ReplyDeleteThanks, as usual, for this type of post, Seth. It only reinforces the upstanding nature and generosity of this community.
Well... As much as I pity them, maybe that will finally teach at least part of their population that praying for rain to some nonexistent god and pretending humanity isn't affecting the environment badly (worse, _blocking_ and ridiculing people who want to do about this) ends... poorly.
ReplyDeleteI mean, Neon Noble has it right, Celestia will do more for them than their nonexistent deity, as Lauren can draw picture of her and donate another few K$ to charity, feats other religions can't replicate :P
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteTo be perfectly honest, my friends in AL are more agnostic than anything, so I doubt they are the type of people you might have thought them to be.
@Neon Noble
ReplyDeleteMade me lol hard.
"Hey, I live in tornado alley and know the risks of living here. I still want your money, to fix my stupidity for living in this horrible part of planet earth"
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, I heard on the news that April alone had over 700 tornadoes or some other high number.
ReplyDeleteI live south of most of the devastation, although I've heard nothing but bad news from friends who live in the areas that were affected. The Red Cross and Salvation Army are collecting and quite a few grocery stores have bins for non-perishables. Like any disaster, local or otherwise, it's important not to forget about them when it seems to be looking up. My heart goes out to those who lost their homes, or worse, people in their lives.
ReplyDelete@Anon That's a bit unnecessary, dont'cha think? Nearly 400 people are dead and many others are hurt and homeless and you hope that it teaches a very small vocal minority a lesson?
Ah'm disappoint.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteThat's why the northeast is best. No hurricanes (south), tornadoes(midwest), earthquakes(west coast); just awesomeness (for the most part.)
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Are we doing this now?
Anyways, thanks you Seth. I was around 4 miles away from the Harvest tornado (I live in Madison) and am thankful both that our area received little damage and that I had the means to get to Atlanta yesterday.
There's still nearly half a million people (give or take) without power--and therefore, without ponies--in north Alabama. Things should be getting much better by midweek. And while Alabama was hit hard, don't forget about the people of Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia who were also affected.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteBut it is a little insensitive.
@Narwhals' Bend
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had an earthquake over 5 in a hell of a long time. Earthquakes are practically non-existent.
Oh, and Anon, while that was a very dick way of saying that, I kind of agree.
You should expect tornados and expect deaths from tornados if you live there. But still, have a heart.
@Anonymous
ReplyDelete@Vopogon
You can report your concerns about where we live to the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who are largely responsible for the population density of north Alabama.
LOL the video's first tornado hit Fillydelphia, MS. Thank Celestia it didn't hit the REAL Fillydelphia. You know, the one in Pennsylmania.
ReplyDeleteI live in Georgia. According to the news, we got at least 15 tornadoes. My aunt's house has heavy damage and will be living with us for a while. Besides her house, she is alright, but a few people died around where she lived.
ReplyDeleteJust remember that Alabama isn't the only place in need of aid after these storms.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI drove through Ringgold on my way here (on I-75). Storms don't obey state lines.
I'm happy to hear your family is safe.
Although I agree if you live in that area you should expect tornado's not helping them because they were 2 stupid to move is bullshit!
ReplyDeleteDisasters happen everywhere if they moved west they would be on the ring of fire and have earth quakes if they move south there by the gulf of Mexico ware they are going to get hit by hurricanes witch are worse than tornado's in some cases.
So if you know of a magical land that is free of disasters that is easily reachable for everyone to move to please share because I would like to take all my friends and family there because as an Oregonian I have to worry about floods /rock slides because of all the rain.
tldr the worlds sucks everywhere in some form or another
I lost power for a couple of days which was pretty lucky considering what happened to a lot of people down here. I have some relatives who lost everything. We'd appreciate anything you could give and if you're cash is commited elsewhere, then I, at least, appreciate you folks letting an old southern atheist that's too stupid to move be a part of this fine community.
ReplyDeleteReally? I'm sorry if some of you actually believe those people who died during Wednesday's awful storm actually deserved it, I was quite shocked upon reading those two rather hateful comments. Are you SURE you're bronies? Rather than criticizing their beliefs, shouldn't you be caring that there were people hurt and killed? I guess there is no sympathy for southern christians, not like we're people too.
ReplyDeleteI feel we should help each other despite are differences. I believe God can give happiness to those who were denied it in life.
ReplyDeleteWar zone nothing, I'm relatively okay... for someone who was within two miles of a tornado.
ReplyDeleteThankfully nothing worse than a power outage, loss of refrigerated food and the following two days without barely anything to eat except maybe two whole meals in those days. (Darn it I had to eat the two evil cupcakes I had)
I was sad to miss the recent Pinkie Pie episode in the power outages, I decided to watch it on YouTube and it cheered me up from my usually gloomy demeanor and made me forget what happened to the world around me for a moment.
I would post a link to the pony video I made before this natural disaster; that's actually kind of how I feel almost all the time, but I don't have the heart. It's not like the quality of all the other videos that have been appearing here in the Equestria Daily blog lately. I'm not an expert at making videos, like I'm no expert in writing or artistry.
After the tornadoes we had bright and sunny if somber days afterwards.
D. Shadows- Making lemonade and I might make some apple juice if the world will hand me some apples.
guys guys... successful trolls are successful, so let's all just ignore the little things hmm? as for me i live up in Canada so i can't say we get many tornadoes here, i can only wish them the best of luck in their dark times. on another note, only 50 000 until the fourth million! ready?
ReplyDeleteGee wiz guys, have some compassion. Mocking them for living in tornado ally? find me some part of the country that isn't subject to natural disaster of some sort.
ReplyDeletePlease keep politics, religion, global warming, or whatever else out of my ponies.
i live in georgia and went to ringgold to help out today. it was bad, the pictures dont do it justice. i heard alabama is even worse please donate whatever you can. they need it
ReplyDeleteAgreed. We shouldn't insult each others religious or political beliefs.
ReplyDeleteGosh, guys. This is a show about FRIENDSHIP, LOVING people despite their differences. Do you even pay attention at the end of each episode? You could learn something.
ReplyDeleteAlso too all you guys in Alabama, I hope you and your families (and friends) are okay, you'll be in my prayers. <3 (and before people troll me, my family and I are dead broke, there's not much else I can do, if I could I would)
Guys, we're gonna have some turds in the punch bowl. It's inevitable. Let's just pour it out and get some more punch. Okay?
ReplyDeleteI was one of those Alabamians that had to live through those storms. The tornado that ravaged the Cullman area and went up and hit Arab went right by my house. http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/dmacbigpony/b9e32a9c.jpg
We dodged two more later that day. Thankfully none of those hit us and my family and friends are safe. It sucks that we're without power, maybe for a week or so, but I'm thankful that we're safe and have a roof over our head.
It warms my heart to see so much love and compassion coming from this community. Keep it up everyone. This is the way it should be.
I'd also like to thank Seth for posting this and bringing light to these events. It seems like the only thing on that matters to the networks right now is the royal wedding and Obama.
I'm relatively unscathed but my town fared a little worse.
ReplyDeleteAt LEAST I have electricity...
I hail from St.Clair county, the northern part of the state got hit pretty hard from what I hear.
Kits from /collab/ lives in AL and he's got some footage of the mess on his youtube page.
ReplyDeleteyoutube.com/kitspony
This community does wonders for this world of ours.
ReplyDelete@Narwhals' Bend
ReplyDeleteEeyup! I mean, the worst we get is snow and Nor Easters and we're so used to that it isn't even a thing.
How many other bronies are in Alabama? I thought I was the only one!
ReplyDelete@Albatross !!z0yT7Pqnr y
ReplyDeleteI thought I was too!
@GameBuddy
ReplyDeleteAnon from post 4 here. If only that was a 'small' minority. Sadly, it's anything but, and it continues to hold your state, your country, our very _planet_ at gunpoint stopping any attempt to fix the situation. And that I cannot forgive.
I apologize if I offended anyone, but these people offend me on daily basis, and I was a bit tired.
Also, from where the idea I suggested moving from Tornado Alley come from? No, I had the other issue in mind, you know, the one that causes the recent record Tornado activity... The one people on right side of the political spectrum pretend doesn't exist.
Again, cheers, and please don't post so toxic responses, it's so not-Brony ;P
@Albatross !!z0yT7Pqnr y
ReplyDeleteI didn't think there were many here in Alabama either, but it looks like there's quite a few posting replies here!
I'm one of the lucky ones in northern Alabama that only had the power out for 3 or 4 days. I don't watch the weather much, so it was pretty crazy having what I thought would be a normal storm become this huge disaster. It's really an eye-opener.
I'm from pleasant grove one of the hardest hit areas. While those of you are saying it's not that bad. We had MPs in our town for 2 weeks half of my friends are homeless it's bad. And as for that asshole that was talking shit about tornado ally. Hope I don't find you. I was a city block away from dying. This shit was serious. And I took that comment personally.
ReplyDeleteYours truly,
Jacob Griffith,
Resident of pleasant grove,
Brony for life