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AmeriCorps Member First Hands Report of Smithville Recovery Efforts.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 4:19PM

Smithville, Mississippi is a small town in North Mississippi that was ravaged by a tornado on April 28^th, 2011. Seeing the aftermath of something like that is something you can never be truly prepared for. As we rounded the corner of Highway 25 into Smithville, everything around us changed. Where before there were small businesses, homes, and trees, now were piles of rubble, and even worse, empty slabs. As we drove through town we saw the remnants of the post office (just a few P.O. Boxes left standing on the foundation), and the Piggly Wiggly (the bathrooms still intact, but the cinderblock walls blown away). In contrast to the physical destruction though, we found that the people we spoke and interacted with had an incredible strength. From the director of the United Way who herself lost her home, but spent her days making sure that others were recovering, to the woman who found her crate of baby pictures in the rubble 3 days later, everyone was grateful for what they still HAD, not regretful for the things they had lost. It was inspiring to see such humility and faith in a community so troubled. I will never forget it.

M.Carty AmeriCorps Member

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