Absolutely (thoughts & prayers)! We lifted all those who were impacted again yet this morning - and what an excellent point about search and rescue folks and meth labs. I had no idea, and it would never have occurred to me to consider that. Will definitely include them as well in the thoughts and prayers.
I know it had nowhere near the same impact, but when Superstorm Sandy hit us, I went to some presentations for how to help since that impacted our area so much! What I recall from one presentation is that how - in the long term - communities always come back STRONGER than what they were before the storm. It stuck with me as it such a sign of hope during some difficult days. North Carolina strong!!!
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The first Hurricane I experienced was in the Navy, PO2 sent me to get my orders for A School. I almost made it and the LT along with the PO had to get me inside the building. The one who sent me got written up. I remember how beautiful the sky was and learned that the eye is very calm.
. Then Hugo had us out of power for several weeks, was on a well back then too. The community was great for the most part, a company or two got greedy and tripled prices of generators, chainsaws and such. But stores were opening their doors to allow folks to purchase camping supplies, water, etc. just had to have cash. We always keep emergency cash because one never knows.
I think States don’t want to have any focus on illegal drug manufacturing so they don’t tell the general public about the dangers.
BH told me yesterday that a friend from work was talking to a couple guys that were up in Rutherfordton reconnecting power. They were from Ontario, Canada! She was offering them snacks, which they declined but said that doesn’t happen up in Canada and they learned the meaning of Southern Hospitality. We always try to feed others.. We always appreciate the linemen that come from all over! BH and I weren’t raised in the South, but we are at an age that we learned to help others. It pays to be kind, especially to the linemen. It’s really sort of selfish in its way. An ice storm hit one year, power outages everywhere. Three line men came to reconnect the power next door. We were on a different main line that would be another week or more. But we helped the new kid out who only had a T-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes and no jacket. We had a hibachi on the front porch and kept them in coffee and hot chocolate. Had to use wood because after a couple weeks with no power, we had gone through the bag of charcoal. Gave the boy some proper clothing albeit too short for him. Let him come in the house as it was still warmer than outside. We got our power restored that day. It pays to be kind to others, no matter the predicament one is in.