Jobs may be the only silver lining to US storms cloud

With the death toll currently at 313 lives lost and billions of dollars possible, there is very little to be thankful for.  Survivors will be grateful for their lives and the lives of friends and family but may never recover from the death of those closest to them as well as those from neighboring states and communities.  The one thing that we know for sure it that America will recover and as we do in all tragedies, come together as one to help our fellow Americans rebuild better than before.  This is of course who we really are as a nation despite all of the rhetoric and vitriol spewed from a small section of this nation.  We are one and all connected to a much better and higher purpose which binds one to another.

As reported by Juan Castro Olivera of the Associated Press in his article titled Sprawling devastation as US storm toll tops 310 “violent twisters that famously rip through the US south's "Tornado Alley" are formed when strong jet winds bringing upper-level storms from the north interact with very warm, humid air mass from the Gulf of Mexico.”  “Tornado Alley” shall be rebuilt and communities restored as it has in the past, America will come together in communities of Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.  We will do this because this is who we are.  We will do this not for fame or fortune but because in this nation of immigrates from distant shores, living and residing in the United States of America has come to mean one thing more than anything else and that is to always be there to support, defend and help ones neighbors regardless of what language they speak or what religion they follow.

The only real silver lining to this devastation that I can see is it will provide all of us an opportunity to take stock in the blessings that we often ignore as well as stimulate much need employment for those still out of work.  Materials will be needed to help our neighbors rebuild and resources will have to be engaged to provide these materials.  Independent truckers will have to get back into the cab of their semi tractor trailers to deliver these materials and saw mills and lumber companies will have to increase production to meet this demand.  Banks and lending institutions will have to get off the sideline and lend to those who have lost so much and retail outlets will have to place bigger orders for products that will be needed to provide the victims of these storms necessary life-sustaining items.  Utilities companies will have to find workers to meet the need of the growing public outcry for services and not to mention governments both state and federal will have to put aside their differences to deliver the services they swore to provide when they were hired.

In a time where it has been reported that big business has been sitting on billions instead of introducing it back into the communities and doing their part to help this nation recover, our nation’s welfare is no longer controlled by them.  As many sit down at their tables to give thanks for what they have, we must all realize that we sit down at a much bigger table as one nation and one people.  We must all share the burden of restoring and rebuilding and stay true to who we really are as a nation.