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Monday, October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Just watching the news and I am shocked at the magnitude of the damage Hurricane Sandy is doing.  I know what we went through during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  We did not have electricity for 2 and a half weeks, no phone for a week, no water for a week and a half to two weeks.  We lived through it but we did not see the news coverage until much later when we saw reruns.  I live in a rural area so it was not as bad as living in a congested city and having to go through it.

It seems surreal now to watch the tremendous flooding and wind damage happening in the northeast. The sheer size of the cities in the path of this massive storm system bare witness to the many millions of people it will affect. Although it brings back memories it also brings the knowledge that when these people who are being affected by this storm system wake up tomorrow morning their lives will be changed in some way. 

They won't wake up and just start their day as if nothing happened.  Businesses will be closed due to massive power outages or damage and continued flooding.  There will be massive cleanup to do.  There will be boiled water alerts.  Power companies, police, fire departments, hospitals, ambulances, disaster relief agencies and the National Guard will all be overwhelmed and their limits tested. 

Let us all pray for their safety.  The coming storm is here!  May God grant them peace and comfort in this stressful time. 

 

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