Sharpsburg, North Carolina man stares down raging tornado, wins…

Meet Steven Hoag, of Sharpsburg, North Carolina. He may or may not be afraid of many things. Tornadoes apparently aren’t one of those things. Protected only by his built Ford tough truck, Hoag calmly calls his wife from a parking lot adjacent to the Wilson, North Carolina Walgreens. Likely nothing out of the ordinary for Hoag — except for that tornado racing towards him from about half a mile away. Yep, there it goes. Busting up power lines; ripping off the roofs of houses and the Walgreens; erratically dispersing debris along its path of destruction. Just the kind of stuff tornadoes do, you know? The kind of thing Steven Hoag takes a calm, cool, collected approach to. That’s just how Eastern North Carolina rolls, folks. Laid back, come what may attitude to any and all of life’s little problems — except snow, of course. A good 1/2 inch of snow means it’s time to head down to the bomb shelter. Sure, it’s well-stocked, but life as we know it ...