A wiggle here or a wobble there can always happen at the last minute and change everything.

We don't count our hatches until they chicken.

I’m not far west of you, in Greenville. Grew up here and seen too many unexpecteds, like Dennis slapping us twice before Floyd landed the knockout.

Dennis was a weird one for sure. I looked at the track...


With Floyd we thought the worst was past and then the rivers started to rise. I was surrounded like an island for a week and I was so lucky.

I watched the National Guard bringing people out of their homes that were submerged in the river drive by my house for days on these big all terrain vehicles full of people that had been rescued. They made so many trips.

The Cape Fear, N. E. Cape Fear and the Black River were all neighborhoods that were submerged and devastated.

It was so freaking hot that I stayed outside under the trees in the front of the property close to the road which was closed but somewhat passable in their special vehicles. I kept watching them go back and forth all day and into the night for days.

The snakes and fire ants were floating by and so much livestock was drowned. There was a group started by the local vet and her husband rescuing dogs, cats, goats, chickens and horses. In some cases they had animals all together in one boat tolerating each other which was out of the ordinary. I believe that the animals were in shock. I also believe that they knew that they were being rescued.

No electricity for over a week and I was one of the lucky ones. The eye passing over was an experience that I will never forget. We had corn on the farm. The wind blew it flat in one direction then came the eye. Then the wind shifted, picked up the stalks and blew them flat in the opposite direction.

The trees were so shredded that it looked like someone had made a giant tossed salad and dumped it everywhere.

I never evacuate. I have to stay. I've heard too many stories of people getting stuck and not being able to get home for days and that's nothing I'm interested in experiencing. Plus, I have animals. We need each other.

The house did well with one exception. It slightly shifted to the west on the foundation. The front door has been ever so slightly off square ever since.

I hope you and yours are OK through this season, GB_RN.

❤️

You, too.

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Just because it’s not the eye of a hurricane, there’s lots of misery with these storms. Be careful 🌺

and let decimated FEMA go on full FAIL, the usual Republican response