Communities Stay Alert as Severe Weather Concerns and Other Major News Events Draw Public Attention

families quietly tape windows, pack go-bags, and watch the radar swirl in colors that look almost unreal. The line between “it missed us” and “we lost everything” feels painfully thin. In Talladega County, that thin line has already been crossed; an ordinary afternoon shattered by twisted metal and the silence that follows sirens fading into the distance.continue reading …