To the McComb board of selectmen: Every time I go down Aston Avenue, I mistakenly hit a fox hole. I know this is my fault for not watching where I am driving. But this fox hole (pothole) should be filled in by your city Street Department.
Each time I hit this fox hole, I mistakenly say a four-letter word. Thank goodness no one is with me to hear this word. But I am sure you would agree that someone does hear it, and I have to ask for forgiveness each time.
Please have someone fill in this fox hole, and all the other ones in McComb.
— Donald H. Jones, Sr., McComb
The weather seems to be going haywire
What has happened to our weather? I think it’s just gone haywire. I thought we lived in the Deep South, but lately it has seemed more like the Deep Freeze.
What in the world happened to our “good ole sunny South?” It just seems to have disappeared.
The reason this unusual weather seems to bad to us is because we’re not used to it. Not at all. But I really feel for all of those poor folks up north and in other parts of our country that caught the brunt of this bad weather.
Although we did have a few rough days, we certainly didn’t have anything like some others did. It’s really bad when the snowdrifts are taller than you are, or you can’t find your car because it is buried by snow.
And the bad thing is that this winter weather is just now getting started. I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news, but let’s use common sense here.
And we all know that the bad weather that’s coming is not the same as having a headache, and taking a couple of aspirin and getting rid of it. There’s only one thing we can do: Be prepared.
What is it they say? Time and tide await no man, and they could probably include the weather in that. Because we all know that if we’re not prepared for something like this, we’ll probably wish we had been. What’s that other saying? Don’t mess with Mother Nature? How true!
Fortunately, when it’s all said and done, we seem to pull out of some of this frozen weather — but unfortunately not before someone loses their life.
So if you happen to find yourself in some difficult circumstances where this bad weather is concerned, usually in your town or neighborhood, you can find help.
— Debbie Touchstone, Jayess
