Hurricane

[Holly]

I just wanted to shout out to all our Friends facing the threat of this Hurricane. Our Prayers are with you! Please keep in touch so we know your ok!

[Ryan]

Good one Holly , I was thinking about this when I woke up this morning , Diane and others please stay safe and we are thinking of you 

[dcwolcott]

I'm more on the west coast (about an hour inland from the Gulf of Mexico, so I think we'll be just fine, just a lot more rain and wind, but nothing too bad for this season.

Provided it doesn't turn, I'm good here.

Praying for all the others that may face this storm, as it moves up the coast!   

[Holly]

Glad your safe Diane!!

[Chanda]

Glad your safe Diane!!

Yes, glad you are safe.

And, praying for all along the coast that they stay safe.

[Anna]

Feeling so very sorry for those affected so far and saying prayers for those in Matthew's future path - such a terrible storm.
Glad that you are safe Diane.

[Silver City Heritage Farm]

I had a big ole' commentary and it got dumped when I had an incoming call.

Oh well, it was more of a political commentary anyway. LOL

Suffice it to say, your prayers blessed us. We had-and continue to have-potable water. Our electric was only out from Friday morning at 8:00 until this afternoon at 3:30. We cook with propane. No major damage. One tree fell on the newly framed barn BUT didn't break anything because it was just barely nailed together to finish the leveling. Easy fix.

Our county (Hoke) got hit very hard, so keep up the prayers. I'm sure our mission will be very VERY busy next week, so again keep up the prayers for Beatitude House.

Paula had quite a bit of flooding and road wash out. The last update I had from her, they had power, water and ponies were soaked but safe. If I hear from her again before she posts, I'll update.

Diane, I'm so very glad you and your family are well and safe!! I was very concerned. Congrats to on the new addition!!

Bye for now, honey wants us to check on his restaurant now.

[Ryan]

Glad your ok Julie , please give our very best to Paula if you speak to her

[dcwolcott]

Glad we have come through the storm with no tragedies.  Sorry for the damages, but glad everyone is safe and healthy!

[Lnight89]

I'm glad everyone is ok! Sorry I haven't been on in so long. last laptop finally kicked the dust but I got this new one up and going. I can't believe the damage those hurricanes can do! my inlaws have a big place out in Florida and years back got hit by 3 in a matter of 3 months! I'll keep praying for every one in Matthews path!

[Chanda]

Glad you are safe.

[dcwolcott]

Yes, if I'm thinking of the same time, that was in back 2004, when Hurricane Charley hit my house here where I live, and then the next hurricane came a couple of weeks later and hit another house I owned back then about an hour away.  Then the third hurricane came in and missed both houses that third time.

It can really look like something exploded or cut all the forest trees off at the same level. They sure can do damage!

[paintponylvr]

I'm glad that others here on the East Coast are OK.  I want to thank everyone for thinking of us!!

So... we got hit 2x(3x if you include the rain event on 2 September - the day Larry and I picked out his car).  The week before Hurricane Matthew hit, we had a front come thru that dropped some 8" on our place and 11" of rain in Fayetteville (think areas north of us averaged 6-9") and all of this water soaked into the ground and ran into the rivers - creating a rise.  I have no idea how much (if any?) at Julie's that she's not talking about.  While you could see that we'd had "some rain", the sand soaked it up so fast that it w/o knowing we'd gotten that much, you'd never have known.  However, our "little road" (.7 miles from the paved main road to our home) was washed out between the paved road/the pond AND the pond had filled too fast for the 4" drain pipe to allow it to empty (think it might have been clogged w/ debri, too?) so water was over our road. From the pond to our place was relatively fine and a nice drive.

We DO have 2 guys on our road that have tractors and work on keeping the road nice and drivable - but seems the last few years they've had quite the feud going on and things haven't gone so well.  On top of that, the easement doesn't seem to allow enough "space" to properly ditch the road on both sides along it's full length.  So...  But one guy got together 5 truckloads (18 wheeler size not pickup truck size) of clay and fixed the road.  The pond eventually emptied enough that the water wasn't going over the top of the road (tho level stayed VERY high).  When Larry and I offered to help pay for it, he turned us down.  BUT later the guy sitting at the top of the road - 1st house closest to the road & next to where a lot of the damage was done - raised cane about how he'd not allow anyone to cross his property again if the road washed out.  This time, we did pay (but get the impression that some others didn't) don't know for sure and doesn't really matter to us.  We happy we can get in/out and we don't have road/grading equipment!

Hurricane, didn't seem too bad during the day.  We did lose power for a number of hours until the next day or so?  then it was off/on - off/on. 

Working on pics and will do more of a write up tomorrow...