I’m Mark MacDonald and I’m a News Junkie
I have a confession. I'm a "news" junkie. I find myself quickly checking my favorite news website throughout the day. But, sadly, that's not all. Let's start at the beginning of my day. When I wake each morning, I wake to the news. Then my wife flips the TV on to my local morning news program (with an annoying traffic girl -- but that's another story...) when she gets out of the shower. I get up and drive to the gym, usually catching the 7am news on our local news/talk radio station. While I jog and lift weights, I keep my ipod radio tuned into the news TV station that they broadcast on one of their TVs.
When I arrive home...
Survive a Tornado
Yesterday, for the first time in my life, my family and I had to huddle in our North Carolina basement and pray that a tornado didn't hit our house.
It all started after I returned from a Charleston work trip. It was 90 degrees when I left the coast and headed inland. It started to become overcast and it was cooling into the 80's by the time the sun went down -- and I arrived home. My wife and I put the kids to bed and (since I was tired from the 5 hour drive) we decided to go to bed early at 10pm.
All evening the weather people had preempted the regular programming. Even Survivor (second to last episode!) didn't air...