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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Alabama’s Unbroken Spirit

CULLMAN, Alabama - Over the last few weeks we've seen a lot of destruction and loss but no matter what is going to happen in this recovery effort people’s spirit in Alabama will not be broken. Even after losing a 140 year old home Kenny Cleveland isn't going to be depressed.

“Well we're alive, basically this is just stuff, stuff can be replaced, people cannot when you've reached that point in your life you're more thankful for what you have than what you've lost,” says Cleveland. It's a refrain I kept hearing over and over again in many different storm damaged communities, instead of saying woe is me--storm survivors give thanks

“We're just blessed to be here, I feel blessed compared to what many others in town suffered,” says store owner Raymond Young. Relief sites are part of the reason people seem to be coping so well. In many cases, survivors rally around churches and their faith.

“You have people turning to god and you have a revival we've had 7 people saved here in this church in the past week,” says Freewill Baptist Disaster Relief Coordinator Andrea Pate. Many are thankful to have more help than they can handle.

“All the people have been very helpful, we've had more volunteers than we could deal with, we had insurance we're the lucky ones, keep in mind months down the road people that don't have insurance are going to need help,” says Cleveland.

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