Bob, I rarely walk past a puddle without jumping in, so here goes.
I doubt my combat time is anything like George's and others here on the forum. I know for a fact that they have seen and experienced far far more than I, and for that I thanks them and pray for them and their buddies nightly. I don't go to sleep with out saying my prayers because of what I have seen. I have also come to realize that most people can't handle the truth. If it does not effect them directly, it did not happen and I get that, they are not cut from the same cloth. They can't know the real cost of freedom, they just simply can't understand.
As for the damage of a tornado, again most people can't understand it and most are not prepared for one when they come. As for not posting, know that my thoughts were with you and everyone else I know in Oklahoma. I have family and friends in and around OKC and I did spend and will continue to spend time and efforts helping them. I also have to head up to the cemetery and reset Grandma'a and Grandpa's headstones when I get the chance and after things settle down some.
Please also consider that their was a explosion in West, the tornados in Granbury before and between Moore and El Reno. That is a lot of losses in a row to deal with. Yours is no smaller than anyone else's, but some of us have had our hands full these last few weeks.
As for the good old boy thing, I don't let that stop me. I have been told about the clicks and I don't care. I find my friends where I do. I invited all comers to our get together and people came form several states and it was a blast. When we do it again, you are welcome and I hope you make a few new friends.
So, in short, we do care, but everyone has had stuff stolen from us, it does effect us all, but only a handfull have ever seen a blast as large as the one in West or seen a tornado's effect especially an EF4 or 5. I have and I will not soon forget either.
I hope all is well with you and your family and friends and that you get your lives back on track soon. Please give us another chance, chances are most of us were helping out quietly and you just did not know.
Time to get back to work.
