Agree 💯 I was in Sun City SC and the wind and rain was pretty bad. Didn't sleep most of the night. I cannot imagine what was going on in the direct path of Helene.
“My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.”
Glad you’re safe. I wanted to report on an apparent victory in the 10 th circuit on Monday. A Wyoming girl was arrested and transported in handcuffs for refusing to wear a mask in 2020.
District court dismissed on standing. 10th circuit clearly rejected this argument ( no official ruling yet) but very apparent. Worth a listen just to hear the justices smack down the school board attorney. My wife was lead attorney on the case in WY. She’s very excited. Stay dry!
There was nowhere for the water to go. The entire coast has been flooded beyond recognition. Our home is fine (we are about 9 miles inland) but a family member who lives on Tampa Bay no longer has a habitable home, along with probably tens of thousands of others in the area.
A family at our church has an elderly widowed mother who lives in Tampa. Her house is said to be uninhabitable thanks to water, mud, and roof damage. She has no flood insurance. I suspect there are many folks in sinilar situations ... all cursing "America's governor" Ron DeSantis for his financial crippling of the Florida property insurance industry.
I live up in the bluest of blue states, Connecticut. On Aug 18th, the town in which I grew up, Oxford CT received 16 inches in less than 12 hours. Whole houses were washed away, cars too and two people perished in the floods. FEMA approved a disaster. Max payout is 42000 per house. Insurance companies are off the hook as they don't pay flood claims. People cannot replace their homes on 42,000. The resident feel they are on there own and no government is going to help. Mention how illegals get free food, shelter and assistance and people can see how much our government cares about the people. There's nothing like a natural disaster to show people how our government is really working.
I agree, it's so shameful. I thought the same thing when I saw the fires in Hawaii. They gave those people nothing. Why don't people see it yet that our government is just stealing from us and giving us nothing in return?
Details? Just curious, I don't live in FL so don't know what he did.
I did a little bit of digging on the federal flood insurance program after hurricane Harvey hit Houston and one, it is technically broke (claims exceeded premium $ by a large number, too long ago to remember) and two, at some point, it seems like it makes little sense to continue to subsidize in areas that are hit over and over. Recall one story from a woman who said this was the 3rd time her house had been destroyed by flooding. At what point does it make sense to say - wouldn't it be cheaper to just pay these people to move?
Exactly! At some point, all of this beachfront construction needs a more clear eyed assessment of what level of risk the taxpayers should be asked to subsidize if the flood insurance has to be propped up with taxpayer money. I am sad for people whose properties were destroyed in this - many nowhere near the beach but maybe there are some areas where we should just not develop?? Especially those re-built over and over. We looked at a house in MO that we loved but passed on it as it was in a 100 year flood plain, didn't want to take the risk. We've had 2 '100 year floods' in the last 30 years, just in my landlocked neck of the woods. Overdevelop in flood prone areas and you will get more flooding as there is nowhere for the water to go!
Many insurance companies do not offer flood insurance in areas that flood easily or are at great risk; or if they do, the annual premium is through the roof.
Thanks for the comment. It prompted me to check on family that lives on Davis Island and downtown Tampa bay. They evacuated. But one sent footage from the door bell camera of the water & wind and it was almost covering the camera 😞. So glad they left. I feel horrible for the majority of ppl that cannot afford to relocate or rebuild. Flooding will only worsen over time there.
I live on Tampa Bay and have lived here for 60 years. This was the most powerful storm surge I ever experienced. Those prayers certainly worked for me.
Just south of you on Manatee River in Ellenton. We had at least 7ft surge. Water was about 6 inches from being in the house before it receded. Nearly all neighbors around us flooded with anywhere from 4 inches to 2 feet in their house. I was praying non-stop last night. Finally went to bed at 3am.
Here in SE Pa with a high water table--a spring in my backyard--when we get heavy rain we can have as much as 12" in the cold room of the cellar (usually when the sump pump fails.....and if/when we lose power, we lose the pump)
Thank you Richard—indeed, the current pump came from Lowes last winter when we had a baddie (I actually bought two, but took one back) as there are two rooms in the cellar which take on water. Was at both of those stores just yesterday!
We just moved my mom from Gulfport to Atlanta about a month ago. Never have I been more relieved she’s not in FL. I was just there when they had the worst flooding in 40+ years and that was just from a thunderstorm.
I wonder how many power company people were sent south? I know a big staging area was in Pensacola where they were waiting since Thursday. When Hurricane Katrina came thru in 2005, I had folks from North Carolina on my street in Mobile returning power.
They set up in Lake City, FL (at the intersection of I-10 and I-75). There are usually a thousand + trucks there 24 hours before a storm hits. In Gainesville today they listed 4 different states represented linemen here to help. We've been out of power since 10pm last night. The winds were gusting in the 80mph range during the worst of it last night. Lots of trees down. Sadly, on our street we had THREE light poles that split in half! They did come by and help clear trees from the roadway, but let us know it would be a SLOW PROCESS because "they have to bring in the pole truck to replace those broken poles..." We are fortunate to have a generator to supply a portion of our power and preserve some of the cold and frozen food! We've been without power for a month in the past, so this seems ok for the immediate future.
Yup, my sister sent me a picture of a bridge near where we grew up that was completely flooded and closed. Although it’s still not anything like what the Tampa Bay coast got.
Good move, literally. That flood a few weeks caught everyone off guard. Gulfport is a cool little town. My mom lived in those condos on the west side of the beach. This has actually been a really mild Hurricane season. Tampa Bay is relatively shallow and when a Hurricane makes landfall in North Pinellas or Pasco it would devastate the whole bay area.
We saw pictures from friends in the Appalachain Mtns. It's unbelievable the amount of rain that has fallen there. Some places have gotten over 25 inches in less than 12 hours. Our friends were on higher ground and all their neighbors had come to their home for refuge. Very difficult situation there.
Praying for you, your family, and all the good people of Florida. I did find this interesting coincidence last night. From Wikipedia: Hurricane Helene 1958. Eerily similar circumstances.
Hurricane Helene (1958)
Hurricane Helene was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles . Moving steadily westward, the storm slowly intensified, attaining hurricane strength on September 26. As conditions became increasingly favorable for tropical cyclone development, Helene began to rapidly intensify. Nearing the United States East Coast, the hurricane quickly attained Category 4 intensity on September 26, before it subsequently reached its peak intensity
Prayed all night for FL & everyone in the path of Helene. Soooo good to hear you & your family are safe!!
Hope at least it's a good opportunity to have the power off, to rest and repair, and eliminate EMF in the bedroom.
Agree 💯 I was in Sun City SC and the wind and rain was pretty bad. Didn't sleep most of the night. I cannot imagine what was going on in the direct path of Helene.
Here in Cincinnati Ohio we’re even having high winds!
Crazy in Dayton too!!! The wind…. I hope we don’t lose our electricity!!!
Also high winds and rain in Louisville Kentucky! Power is out at our house.
Amen
Like!
“My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.”
Psalms 121:2-5 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.121.2-5.NKJV
Ed, I did not see your comment until after I posted mine. Had it saved for a few hours. How about that!
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
My help comes from Yahweh,
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to stumble;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will not slumber and will not sleep.
Yahweh is your keeper;
Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
Yahweh will keep you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in
From now until forever.
— Psalm 121:1-8 LSB
My favorite psalm. It sounds like a lullaby.
I am using it to go to sleep. Sometimes it’s the 23rd psalm.
Both great choices. Psalm 91 is another comforting one.
I recite this one quite often: In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety. - Psalm 4:8
Mine is the end of the "disciples prayer"....
It was a blessing to read it twice! Praise God!
Thank you, Janice! I memorized this Psalm in 5th grade and it has been my favorite ever since. I won't say how many years I have lived since then! 😂
Mrs. "the Knife"
Probably the same as me! :D
Great minds… and God’s nudging 😁
Praying that the Childers family is doing well and riding out the storm! God’s blessings on you all in Florida and beyond experiencing Helene.
Jeff,
Glad you’re safe. I wanted to report on an apparent victory in the 10 th circuit on Monday. A Wyoming girl was arrested and transported in handcuffs for refusing to wear a mask in 2020.
District court dismissed on standing. 10th circuit clearly rejected this argument ( no official ruling yet) but very apparent. Worth a listen just to hear the justices smack down the school board attorney. My wife was lead attorney on the case in WY. She’s very excited. Stay dry!
This is great news! Do you have a link to any news stories or a best way to search for good quality info, if we’d like to read more about it?
Congrats to your wife and any team working with her!
That’s awesome news, thanks for sharing and thank you to your wife for her great work!!
Thanks! and tell your wife thanks and good job!!
It took 4 years? Congrats 🎉
Okay! Then I’m rereading yesterday’s post to start my day off with some great laughs. I’m thankful that you and the Childers clan are safe and dry!
Yes!!! Your comments about the responses to the salmon made the post all the funnier!!
For sure .. love sarcasm humor! So many just don’t get it!
Yes, I’m positive there are some late comments in the last few days I’ve missed!
Good morning! Good to hear that you and your family are safe and sound!
Going to one-up the media on this one and declare that the coastal areas around us here in Tampa Bay look like a tsunami happened, not a hurricane.
The downtown Tampa area floods with a rainstorm… It’s crazy that no one came up with a solution years ago. They just kept building.
Are you okay?
There was nowhere for the water to go. The entire coast has been flooded beyond recognition. Our home is fine (we are about 9 miles inland) but a family member who lives on Tampa Bay no longer has a habitable home, along with probably tens of thousands of others in the area.
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So sad.
A family at our church has an elderly widowed mother who lives in Tampa. Her house is said to be uninhabitable thanks to water, mud, and roof damage. She has no flood insurance. I suspect there are many folks in sinilar situations ... all cursing "America's governor" Ron DeSantis for his financial crippling of the Florida property insurance industry.
I live up in the bluest of blue states, Connecticut. On Aug 18th, the town in which I grew up, Oxford CT received 16 inches in less than 12 hours. Whole houses were washed away, cars too and two people perished in the floods. FEMA approved a disaster. Max payout is 42000 per house. Insurance companies are off the hook as they don't pay flood claims. People cannot replace their homes on 42,000. The resident feel they are on there own and no government is going to help. Mention how illegals get free food, shelter and assistance and people can see how much our government cares about the people. There's nothing like a natural disaster to show people how our government is really working.
I agree, it's so shameful. I thought the same thing when I saw the fires in Hawaii. They gave those people nothing. Why don't people see it yet that our government is just stealing from us and giving us nothing in return?
The people in Lahaina got $700. That’s a sad joke
^^^This!^^^
Details? Just curious, I don't live in FL so don't know what he did.
I did a little bit of digging on the federal flood insurance program after hurricane Harvey hit Houston and one, it is technically broke (claims exceeded premium $ by a large number, too long ago to remember) and two, at some point, it seems like it makes little sense to continue to subsidize in areas that are hit over and over. Recall one story from a woman who said this was the 3rd time her house had been destroyed by flooding. At what point does it make sense to say - wouldn't it be cheaper to just pay these people to move?
The reporter John Stossel used to write about getting his beach-front place rebuilt all the time through government programs. Now?🙆🏻♀️
Exactly! At some point, all of this beachfront construction needs a more clear eyed assessment of what level of risk the taxpayers should be asked to subsidize if the flood insurance has to be propped up with taxpayer money. I am sad for people whose properties were destroyed in this - many nowhere near the beach but maybe there are some areas where we should just not develop?? Especially those re-built over and over. We looked at a house in MO that we loved but passed on it as it was in a 100 year flood plain, didn't want to take the risk. We've had 2 '100 year floods' in the last 30 years, just in my landlocked neck of the woods. Overdevelop in flood prone areas and you will get more flooding as there is nowhere for the water to go!
Whoaaaa. Really?!
Many insurance companies do not offer flood insurance in areas that flood easily or are at great risk; or if they do, the annual premium is through the roof.
Thanks--I had wondered about that.
Thanks for the comment. It prompted me to check on family that lives on Davis Island and downtown Tampa bay. They evacuated. But one sent footage from the door bell camera of the water & wind and it was almost covering the camera 😞. So glad they left. I feel horrible for the majority of ppl that cannot afford to relocate or rebuild. Flooding will only worsen over time there.
I saw a hospital has an aquafence. Seemed to hold fairly well. I had not heard of these before.
I think this clip I'm posting is fake but it's pretty funny. https://t.me/retardsoftiktok/20939
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Jeremiah 29:11
For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
One of the scriptures I repeat often. ❤️
I have a plaque with this verse on it, placed where I can see it and read it often 🙏
Praying for everyone in the path. Learned my friend lost his house last night from the storm surge. Devastating for so many. 🙏🏼
I live on Tampa Bay and have lived here for 60 years. This was the most powerful storm surge I ever experienced. Those prayers certainly worked for me.
Just south of you on Manatee River in Ellenton. We had at least 7ft surge. Water was about 6 inches from being in the house before it receded. Nearly all neighbors around us flooded with anywhere from 4 inches to 2 feet in their house. I was praying non-stop last night. Finally went to bed at 3am.
My friends on Boca Ciega Bay got flooded. Six inches? Wow that's a close call.
Here in SE Pa with a high water table--a spring in my backyard--when we get heavy rain we can have as much as 12" in the cold room of the cellar (usually when the sump pump fails.....and if/when we lose power, we lose the pump)
You can get a battery backup sump pump at lowes or home depot. I have one and it kept me from getting flooded once.
Thank you Richard—indeed, the current pump came from Lowes last winter when we had a baddie (I actually bought two, but took one back) as there are two rooms in the cellar which take on water. Was at both of those stores just yesterday!
We just moved my mom from Gulfport to Atlanta about a month ago. Never have I been more relieved she’s not in FL. I was just there when they had the worst flooding in 40+ years and that was just from a thunderstorm.
Unfortunately, Atlanta got hit too.
Atlanta and surrounding areas are a mess. Over a million w/o power.
I wonder how many power company people were sent south? I know a big staging area was in Pensacola where they were waiting since Thursday. When Hurricane Katrina came thru in 2005, I had folks from North Carolina on my street in Mobile returning power.
Kentucky workers are coming!
They set up in Lake City, FL (at the intersection of I-10 and I-75). There are usually a thousand + trucks there 24 hours before a storm hits. In Gainesville today they listed 4 different states represented linemen here to help. We've been out of power since 10pm last night. The winds were gusting in the 80mph range during the worst of it last night. Lots of trees down. Sadly, on our street we had THREE light poles that split in half! They did come by and help clear trees from the roadway, but let us know it would be a SLOW PROCESS because "they have to bring in the pole truck to replace those broken poles..." We are fortunate to have a generator to supply a portion of our power and preserve some of the cold and frozen food! We've been without power for a month in the past, so this seems ok for the immediate future.
Yup, my sister sent me a picture of a bridge near where we grew up that was completely flooded and closed. Although it’s still not anything like what the Tampa Bay coast got.
Good move, literally. That flood a few weeks caught everyone off guard. Gulfport is a cool little town. My mom lived in those condos on the west side of the beach. This has actually been a really mild Hurricane season. Tampa Bay is relatively shallow and when a Hurricane makes landfall in North Pinellas or Pasco it would devastate the whole bay area.
We saw pictures from friends in the Appalachain Mtns. It's unbelievable the amount of rain that has fallen there. Some places have gotten over 25 inches in less than 12 hours. Our friends were on higher ground and all their neighbors had come to their home for refuge. Very difficult situation there.
Wow!!
And now the Lake Lure dam in North Carolina is said to be in imminent threat of failure. People below the dam have been evacuated!
This is so sad! Also praying for those in the direct path/experienced damages.
So sorry! 🙏
So sorry for your friend’s loss.
Well, be safe, Jeff. Looking forward to tomorrow’s stack!
Praying for you, your family, and all the good people of Florida. I did find this interesting coincidence last night. From Wikipedia: Hurricane Helene 1958. Eerily similar circumstances.
Hurricane Helene (1958)
Hurricane Helene was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles . Moving steadily westward, the storm slowly intensified, attaining hurricane strength on September 26. As conditions became increasingly favorable for tropical cyclone development, Helene began to rapidly intensify. Nearing the United States East Coast, the hurricane quickly attained Category 4 intensity on September 26, before it subsequently reached its peak intensity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Helene_(1958)
Wow! There are NO coincidences!
History and weather repeat themselves.
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So glad you and your family are safe! Hope to hear from you soon. You make my day brighter.
Thank you Lord for keeping the Childers family safe! Thanks for the update so we don't keep wondering how things are going! 💙🙌🏻🙏🏻
Thankful that all is well 🙏🏼 we look forward to the next C&C
Stay safe and dry!