In the middle part of last month, a tornado hit Tushka, Oklahoma, destroying 149 structures. A Red Cross spokesman said that so far, the organization has spent $221,000 on relief efforts and the cost could climb to $400,000.
Roughly half those who lost their homes had no insurance. I have to wonder . . . did they have cellphones? Computers? Internet service? HD TV? Cable or satellite? X-Box, Playstation, Wii, or other electronic game devices? I daresay the vast majority of them did. I wonder if they think now that all those things were more important than insuring their homes against disaster. Probably so . . . because they'll probably get hundreds of kindhearted people who have their priorities straight donating money to build them new homes.
"Many tornado victims had no insurance." The Dallas Morning News; April 25, 2011; p. 3A.
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