Tragedy strikes close to home

Listening to the tone of his voice, you would never know that he had just found out that the place he had called home for so many years was now in ruins. It was Monday, September 6th when he got the call from his mother letting him know that Hurricane Frances had blown the roof off of their home and everything inside had been destroyed. It was later that afternoon when I found myself talking with him about his loss. He spoke in great detail of the pictures his mother was able to save and the select pieces of his grandmother's antique furniture that escaped without damage. "It pretty much j…