I live in Rockwall county. It miraculously missed me, but death and destruction are north, south, and west of us. Several friends have lost their homes. A business I drive by to work in Copeville was destroyed on HWY 78, killing two. I drove by there last night after it hit returning from work. I was rerouted and saw in scores of emergency personnel lights people holding hands, arms around each other, crying. Probably recently homeless and mourning their friends in the small community.
I got home very late and found out from my wife (my wife, two of my kids, and our dogs had taken shelter in the bathroom until the warning was over) that the gas station on my route had been destroyed and two people inside were dead. I never bought gas there because it was always about a dime higher per gallon than elsewhere, but occasionally I would stop there to buy a coke. Now it's gone, and the people who were working there are possibly dead as well.
Meanwhile, my older daughter and her boyfriend were coming to our home during all of this from Arlington, and couldn't get to our house. I30 was closed at the bridge, they had a cell phone but no phone charger, and simply didn't know how to get home with all the road closures. They were just outside of Rowlett, but the devastation had occurred and emergency vehicles had cut off many exits. Luckily, they found a Walgreens that still had electricity and bought a phone charger for their phone. They got GPS directions for a very circular route, and after several hours on the road, they finally got home. Much to the relief of my wife and myself, obviously.
My daughter's best friend had her windows in Rowlett blown out, but the house stayed attached. But all around her, homes were destroyed. Two other friends in Rowlett have lost their homes. A friend of mine from college said his mother in law has a home near the Bush turnpike and 30 where the cars were thrown off the bridge. Lee couldn't get a hold of her, and his wife was panicking. Thankfully, they heard from her this afternoon and she is fine.
My message to the Texas bashers here - for every slight you have thrown at us, and for what you are doing now. Fuck you. Fuck each and everyone of you. Turning this into a political issue, calling Texans stupid, thinking this was something we deserve. On another thread, a person even made a detrimental comment about the Dallas Cowboys concerning this tragedy. A football team. Fuck you.
And please, go ahead and tombstone me, great overlords. I don't give a fuck anymore. I'm tired of this shit. It is acceptable here. A tragedy has happened that has affected my community directly, and was just a couple of miles from destroying my home and hurting or killing my family. Yet, this shit on DU is allowed to continue to occur. I don't give a flying fuck anymore. Anyone who finds glee in this, giving a smirk and mentioning secession or global warming or whatever, can go take a flying leap. The bigotry here is disgusting, and this is certainly not the place I first found in 2002. I'm so done with this garbage.
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