I was at home watching the tall trees dance in the strong wind when I heard the chatter on the television. As the weatherman described where the storm was and told viewers to get to safety, he stopped and yelled at everyone in the station to go to the basement now! I was terrified that the storm would tear my house apart, leaving us stranded with nothing. Even though we received heavy rain and winds, fallen trees and branches everywhere, no tornadoes came our way. We soon discovered that the tornado had ripped Tupelo apart, “swinging trees into homes, crumpling businesses, and leaving a trail of unknown injuries and at least one death” (Ward). The great devastation caused by this tornado left over 20,000 people in the area, including myself, without electricity for over twenty-four hours. A few weeks after the storm, I went with my church to help clean up fallen trees and debris in an elderly couple's yard. They were so grateful for us to clean up their yard because they couldn't have done it themselves. I loved being able to help them and seeing the grateful look on their faces. Then I realized that this was what I wanted to do every day: help those who really need it. While storms can cause major destruction, natural disasters can take on a completely different look