I have been in hurricane Helene

We have lost homes and people and so many other things. It will take a month or more to clean up and get everything back up and running again.

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Sevendays · M

I pray for those who have been affected by Helene and so many other natural disasters. It seems to be happening more and more all over the country and the world. Up here in the northeast we've had 100 year storms for the last two years, causing millions and millions in damage. Things won't return to what they were before the storms. Businesses that rebuilt after the first storm, only to be destroyed again have given up. A lot of the houses that were damaged were not in flood zones so they didn't have flood insurance.

Patriot96 · 56-60, C

From what i have seen on news, the area is devastated. Fema is blocking supplies from reaching the people. Fema money meant for relief has been squandered on foreign countries.

Sevendays · M

@Patriot96

Patriot96 · 56-60, C

@Sevendays if this be true, then where are the funds

Sevendays · M

@Patriot96 the country has been inundated with natural disasters. They spent their budget. I think, but not positive, that they added another 20 billion in the latest stopgap budget approval.

Nick1 · 61-69, M

My prayers for all who get affected. It’s severe storm.
It takes time to recover and get back again.
Be blessed with strength and stamina.
🙏🙏🙏

Secretsmile · 51-55, F

@Nick1 thank you. 🙏

Frostcloud · F

the videos coming out of the disaster are heartbreaking

Secretsmile · 51-55, F

@Frostcloud It is all horrible.

Quetzalcoatlus · 46-50, M

Sending blessings! We went through it for Hurricane Ian!

Ambroseguy80 · 56-60, M

Yikes that abounds awful. Hopefully the region will bounce back.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

Great m what I have read, depending of location, things may never totally return the normal. I just read a story about the changes the legislation in N Carolina passed that rolled back buildings code rules that probably added to the damages.

Secretsmile · 51-55, F

@samueltyler2 I am 20 miles west of Asheville. We were hit very hard and many other places were hit even harder. I haven’t seen anything outside my area yet so I’m not sure how to gauge the damage.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Secretsmile All I can report is what I read and see in the media. Also my son's in laws live in Hendersonville. They were visiting us in NJ and can't get back to their home yet, the roads are said to be impassable. Their neighbors say their house seems okay from the outside, but there is still no power there. The media keeps trying to state how often a storm of this magnitude is said to have occurred, nothing less than once in a hundred years. There is an article in today's NY Times which gives a history of the N Carolina rules and regulations for new buildings. To anyone that argues against government regulations, this article makes the point that some of the relaxed or reversed regulations might have saved more property, and lives. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/climate/north-carolina-homes-helene-building-codes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P04.IaJW.bmAkc4KD_WDV&smid=url-share

Angelboy · M

I lost both my family members in 911 and i was the one how found their bodies

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