CAROLINA MOMS!!!!PLEASE CHECK IN!

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Registered: 05-08-2004
CAROLINA MOMS!!!!PLEASE CHECK IN!
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Sat, 09-18-2004 - 5:28pm

I heard some horrible news about a landslide in the Carolina's. Please check in with us. We pray you are all safe and well!


Lots of bad weather lately so hope everyone is safe!

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Registered: 10-12-2003
Sun, 09-19-2004 - 8:12pm
aww, how sweet of you to think of us :D only problem is most of us don't have power so we CAN'T check in, lol. ivan left 80,000 nc homes without power, most of them since thursday. we got our power back this evening but 28,000 in wnc alone are still without electricity. we got hit pretty hard. the amount of flooding wasn't as bad with this one as with charley, but the ground was so soaked that it took almost nothing to cause the mudslides and flash floods that you probably heard about. several entire communities got washed away, and we had 9 deaths here :( winds were higher this time too and with the ground so soaked they went over like matchsticks.

not having power really sucks; you can't cook (we had to eat out 3 times a day so now we're beyond broke!) you can't clean, you can't do laundry, there's no cartoons (AAGH!!) and no light to do anything fun....makes you very grateful for what you have. but i have to count my blessings. we have our house, we have our car, and we have our lives and that's more than many people around here have right now.

so all things considered we're doing good. thanks so much for asking!

and i can't be sure but i'd hazard a safe guess that hyascinthwind is ok, just without power. she lives pretty close to me and i haven't heard of any horrible disaster in her area, just the loss of power and flooding. i know the area where her husband works was badly flooded again, but we had more warning this time and they cleared out many of the businesses in that district. hopefully she'll be on here soon to update us.

hugs,

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Registered: 05-08-2004
Sun, 09-19-2004 - 11:51pm

Thanks for checking in! I am very glad to "hear" from you..hope like you said hyscanthwind..well not hope that she doesn't have power, just hope that is the least of her and her family's problems!


Sorry for all the stuff your having to go through...that must suck..big time, but like you said you are all healthy and safe. I pray everything clears up for you and everyone in this mess really soon!


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