Comments on: Hurricane Ike Affected You, Whether You Know It Or Not

By: marilyn

marilyn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:44:40 +0000

This makes me mad enough to send an e-mail to NPR. We can hear long, pointless stories about the candidates attacking each other but they can't tell us this? And I know it hit some other countries hard but that has hardly even been mentioned. At least twice in the last week there was a story about how there was too much news to report it all right now... and yet, they had time to report that too. marilyns last blog post..Manic Monday: Leaf Unfortunately, Marilyn, folks don't want to hear about this. The news reports what people want to hear...they are after ratings. Maybe a letter to NPR, if enough of us send them, would get things like this mentioned. I've asked my friend to write a guest blog post when her life finally settles down enough for her to sit at a computer. That might be a long time from now...

By: Comedy Plus

Comedy Plus — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:33:56 +0000

I just can’t imagine going through this kind of storm. I’m used to earthquakes…well as much as one can be, but this type of angry nature isn’t one that I could cope well with.

I so feel for all the folks that depend on the land to make their livings. I so hope they can recover in a minimal amount of time. In the meantime they are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks for such a well written informative post. Big hug.

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Thanks for stopping by, Sandee. Yes, those who depend on the land for survival are in a hurt, and it trickles down to the rest of us. It’s a pity there is no way to protect against Nature’s fury.

By: Jessica The Rock Chick

Jessica The Rock Chick — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:10:05 +0000

You know, my hubby and I were talking and we both were amazed that once the hurricane hit, that seemed to be the end of the coverage. I knew it had to be bad because here in Chicago we got hit with a storm from Ike causing massive flooding. My son's school is so damaged that they've had to close it until the repairs can be done. He's going to school in a trailer in the parking lot of one of the elementary schools. I'm going to make a donation to the Red Cross. Jessica The Rock Chicks last blog post..We The People I heard a little about your flooding, but didn't realize that it affected your kid's school! I was pretty amazed at the damage that was done all over the nation by this hurricane. You can imagine that if you were so far away and got that much damage, then it was devastating at the point of impact. I'd run down there and help, if I thought I wouldn't be in the way.

By: jeanie

jeanie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:31:54 +0000

Oh my Shelley – the things you DON’T think of, hey?

I live 500m of flat ground from the sea – but luckily I am fairly safe from strong cyclones being too far south – although the tsunami warning the year before last gave me a moment of pause…

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I tell you, those natural disasters are darned scary. I live in what they call “Tornado Alley,” but at least with a tornado, there is a pretty good chance it won’t hit you. With hurricanes and tsunamis you are going to get affected no matter what!

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:44:21 +0000

I´m so sorry to hear about this. You know in my home country Ike devastated everything, people there is very poor, and many of the help that was sent there, government took it to sell not to be donate. I have my heart broken. Lolas last blog post..Memes y premio I I get sick when I hear about governments and "charities" taking all the money people donate to help. That makes people afraid to donate to the causes that really get help to the people in need. Ike was devastating for so many people. My heart is broken, too!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:41:41 +0000

Shelly, Leon said he heard a piece on NPR today on the farms and cattle in the inland areas there, telling some of the things you mentioned. So, someone is trying to get the word out!

Glad to hear that. These folks are going to have a tough time re-building. Especially if the next hurricane season is a bad one. Like she said, no one living has ever seen it that bad in the area. Kinda scary.

By: Marcia

Marcia — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:25:47 +0000

Shelly, you did a good thing bringing this up. Leon and I were just discussing how very little we heard on the news after the storm. We knew it had to be terrible and most do not think about the horror you are sparing us from. I cannot imagine the inner strength and can do attitude those people must have, my heart goes out to them.

I hope the money donated makes its way to those that need it most — at least to take a tiny bit of their stress away, though it is not enough. I am glad they are all helping each other.

Thanks, Marcia. I’ve been “chewing on it” for a week, because I hate to be so danged depressing. But THIS is, and I don’t want us to forget those folks. She told me that without electricity for televisions and radio, they had no idea that Wall Street had cratered, and weren’t keeping up with the political mess. Life was hard enough just scrambling each day. Some schools in the area have been closed and won’t open until almost November.