I built a house in Wilmington, NC last year and evacuated last Monday with the clothes on my back, my cat and some wine.
My home is about a mile from the Cape Fear River and I worry after my home surviving the winds and rain that we will be flooded. The area has poisonous snakes and alligators so will also need to BOLO for them as well.
Life is going to be quite difficult and I don’t know when I will be able to go back and get my home to a livable state if it does flood. We are not going to have power for the next week or so and I-40 is impassable and closed right now so I have no way to get there if utilities were restored. Our infrastructure and historical town have been destroyed and will have to be rebuilt from the ground up.
The floods from the rivers has me shaking. Now is not the time to point fingers and sneer at those who want to hold on to the only things they have in this world. What is done is done.
Lets just work together and get to a better place.
So very sensible. I pray that your home survives and that aid and assistance is available for you to have a good return. Keep us posted as your common sense approach is more valuable than any journalist’s clap-trap.
I’m so sorry. Praying for you and all victims of this terrible storm. It hits home when it really is your own home, belongings, town and your very way of life. And your personal safety and well being following such tragedy. Those who have never been in the depths cannot understand. I have not been through your particular situation but I have been through deep misery and I at least understand that helpless frightened feeling. Bless you and please keep us updated on how you are. Stay strong. You can get through this.
God Bless You and keep you safe. Take it one day - even one moment - at a time.
This too shall pass.