*It's been 5 weeks since Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina. The effects of it are still with us, as expected.
*FEMA is still very busy here, as well as Samaritan's Purse and many other ministries.
*Thank God for mosquito spraying!
*The tree that fell on my building 5 weeks ago was finally cut up and taken away yesterday. There's still many areas still waiting for the huge haulers to come and pick up their fallen trees and their spoiled household items. Somewhere I read, it might take until December to complete the job.
*Housing is still an issue for many people who need to get into a safe home while theirs is being repaired. Almost every day I hear of someone who's home was severely damaged and they are living elsewhere. FEMA is bringing in trailers and RV type things.
*Elaina was in need of a new house due to some issues with her rental. It was quite a struggle to find a house she and her son could live in safely, until her chaplain at New River told her about some friends who wanted to offer her one of their new rentals. She moves in this weekend!
*As most of you know, I like to shop in thrift stores, which I did today. Usually you might see 1-3 people shopping in one, but today, at least two of the stores were "hopping" with people shopping for household goods, that presumably they lost during Florence. In one store, a whole family picking up things they need.
*We finally have cooler weather. Our weather had been warm since the hurricane and tricked the trees that had lost leaves in Flo into budding out all over again. We're seeing Spring green in October.
*Onslow County schools have been out since Sept.11. Six weeks! They finally start next week. Some teachers have been creating "Pop up School" at different locations and inviting their classes to come spend a couple of hours together.
*Some festivals I wrote about before have had to be cancelled, but there's still some going on, and planned for this month and November.
*The Jacksonville Parks and Recreation Department have a Farewell to Flo event tomorrow. Here's what their FB page says:
Farewell to Flo
Free & Open to the Public
Live music by Push Play
Rock Wall, Hay Rides, Life Sized Pac Man, Glow in the Dark Laser Tag and much more!
We are #JacksonvilleNCStrong
Eastern North Carolina will recover! We are
#jacksonvillencstrong
#onslowcountystrong
2 comments:
Life goes on. Sometimes it seems like it will never be normal & sometimes it seems like it already is.
It's a new normal.
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