The American and City of New Orleans Mardi Gras flags are seen standing in a field of tornado-damaged wreckage in the Arabi neighborhood on March 24, in New Orleans, Louisiana after two tornadoes struck the city. (BRANDON BELL/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)
By Mary Ramsey The Charlotte Observer Damaging storms already sweeping across the country in the first weeks of spring have been a reminder of the…
