Royalty Vs. Tornadoes

A perfect storm would whisk away William and Kate, along with Queen Elizabeth. Then Prince Charles would be king. With Charles at the helm, maybe England will be dull enough that t.v. programs like NBC's Today Show will quit gushing over royalty that 13 colonies dumped more than 200 years ago. I woke up this morning to the Today Show's nauseating speculation about if the queen, as the grandmother, will cry at the wedding. A news bulletin streaming at the bottom announced that 128 people died in Alabama tornadoes, with other deaths in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. That bothered me. I flipped to the CBS Morning Show. It was binging on royals. Fox stayed away from royals but didn't have much to say about the southern storms. Even  CNN and the Weather Channel failed me. So I called Sis in Georgia and Mom in Tennessee. Sis and her family spent the night in the basement, while a tornado took out chunks of a nearby town. Never one to overstate things, Mom said, "It was a bad night." A tornado passed within 10 miles of her house. People died in a nearby town, brick homes were lifted off foundations and concrete buildings destroyed. Also, winds snatched cows from pastures. Towns to the south suffered even worse. With all the chit-chat about tornadoes and flying cows, I forgot to ask Sis and Mom what they planned to wear to watch the broadcast of Will and Kate's royal wedding. I especially wanted to know if they decided between wide-brimmed, ribboned hats or feather fascinators for their hair. While storm debris and dead cows in the road separate us, it would be good if we matched for important occasions. Tomorrow, at 4 a.m., the Today Show begins its wedding day coverage. Maybe by Saturday, the morning shows will focus on the storms, in between bits and pieces about the honeymoon.