I've been following the news of the utter and complete devastation in the southeast following Hurricane Helene.
Folks, this is about as bad as it gets. People are hurting. In addition to prayers, please consider donating to Samaritan's Purse or other charitable organization of your choice to help relieve some of the agony.
As someone who lives in Suwannee County, Fl, and I am 2 counties East of where Helene came ashore, we are relatively ok. Operative word being Relatively. I don't think we were hit nearly as bad as Carolinas and Tn. And this with us having been hit 3 times in the last 2 years by 2 hurricanes and 1 major tropical storm. At least there was not as much rain here with Helene. Last two storms I have had "lakes" on my property, across the road and down the road for at least 800 ft. I am still without power, hopefully by Thurs, but generator working fine. I did go to work yesterday, a Mom and Pop gun shop, where they were running a generator as well. One nice thing is seeing the faces of folks who have been here before come back to help again with power, tree removal, security and such. I agree that Carolinas and Tennessee need prayers and help, just as we are getting here. My prayers are for ALL the people affected by storms of weather, politics, or whatever. Take care and enjoy, hopefully this is not a portend of what winter will be like across this Good Ol USA.
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking to Samaritans Purse. I donate to them monthly. A valuable organization.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to recommend Grindstone Ministries. They are a true charity of love, not a big corporation. The founder and his volunteers do all the dirty work cleaning up after disasters. These are the guys with the chainsaws and skid steers out there in the mud and debris. They donate their own time and equipment, but they can always use some money for food and fuel.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to recommend Grindstone Ministries. They are a true charity of love, not a big corporation. The founder and his volunteers do all the dirty work cleaning up after disasters. These are the guys with the chainsaws and skid steers out there in the mud and debris. They donate their own time and equipment, but they can always use some money for food and fuel.
ReplyDeleteI already have, but am about to again. It's not PC to say this, but a lot of reports are that it's worse than Katrina. I'm so proud of Trump and Musk teaming up to help. They're also hooked up with Franklin Graham for this effort. Our current leadership can't quite bring themselves to to help in meaningful ways.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just the devastation that's concerning. People's livelihoods have been destroyed. I think people affected so drastically should get first dibs on all work possible.
Also consider Glenn Beck's Mercury One. Wow! They move fast during a disaster.
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I second this. They do amazing work. Mercuryone.org
DeleteI'm going to donate to mercury one. They are doers not talkers.
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Money sent. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteAs a resident of North Carolina it’s much worse than what you’re seeing on the national news
ReplyDeleteI'm in Columbia county Florida.
ReplyDeleteRight next to Suwannee county.
We were still flooded from hurricane
Debbie. She destroyed my property.
Killed rose gardens, fruit trees,nut trees.
We couldn't get out of the house for
Days. I had six feet of water on the acres behind my house.
Thankfully we were prepared with
everything we needed .
Plus enough to help our neighbors if they needed anything.
Along came Helene and smacked us again. Giant live oaks are beautiful.
But they don't do hurricanes well.
We had one miss our home by inches.
Another fell on our shed.
We are so thankful we still have a home and are alive.
Our power was out for seven days.
Roads impassable.
But the Calvary was already here.
Our governor Ron Desantis is amazing.
He had everything ready to go when the storm passed.
The national guard was activated,power companies staged and ready to go.
Cutting massive trees off the roads and power lines. The heat and humidity was brutal. But they never stopped.
The news said 99 percent of Columbia county had no power.
Not to mention we have snakes, alligators and mosquitoes the size
Of blue birds!
Thank you to all the amazing people who helped us.
The best thing you can do for yourself and your family is to be prepared.
Do a little every week.
Store water,canned goods,dry goods, bleach, soap, medicines.
It could save your life.
God bless the people that are helping in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina and Tennessee.
Your an example of what is best in
Humanity. Prayers to all of you.
A big thig to remember is that FEMA is not coming to help you, I have witnessed over the last 3 years how they have become pretty much worthless for the american people. What I am saying is you need to be prepared for yourselves as best you can and it appears thigs are not going to get better for a long time, Even IF Trump is able to win he will be hamstrung at every corner as he tries to correct the horrid state of affairs he will inherit.
ReplyDeleteThat area needs continued prayer. Hurricane Milton has spun up all by itself in the Gulf, unlike most that cross the Atlantic. It's just sitting there spinning faster and faster and is expected to hit Florida in the same place as Helene as a cat 4.
ReplyDeleteAnd more are coming, which is normal this time of year. But Milton is wierd. It almost supports conspiracy theories about weaponized weather.
I say almost because the news says this has only happened a couple times since 1850. How do they know that? What kind of weather observation and tracking went on back then? There weren't satellites.
Florida supposedly is having its largest evacuation in 7 years.
What else is wierd is all the draught outside the perimeter of the storm zone. It's like all the moisture is sucked up into the atmosphere and funneled into the storm. We get high winds but not the moisture. Helene flattened a lot of my garden, but no rain. Not like anyone really wants inches of rain in just a few hours, ever. But it's all wierd.
They started working to control the weather back in 1950. That in itself sort of sounds like a good thing. It would be good if extreme weather could be averted. But maybe it's trying to play God. And why isn't the information about progress on that front shared with the public? Cern is concerning.
One thing to be thankful for is we get all of the televised satellite imagery. Probably untold numbers of lives have been saved through the years by having televised satellite images of storms. Helps with preparation.j
Whatever happens, those people need to hang on to their property. It's a lithium rich area.
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