I love history.
NC has a rich history of going against the Brits even before the Revolution.
The Battle of Moore’s Creek comes to mind where the Tories were defeated.
Here’s a link to some other PreRevolutionary events. https://www.nctripping.com/revolutionary-war-in-north-carolina/
Here is an actual report from a group from my Eastern NC neighborhood that has already been up into the western mountains delivering no less than 5 trips so far with more to come.
They have been collecting supplies from my own neighborhood, local churches and a Christian school in the area. The kids even had a lemonade sale and raised $3,500 just at a local golf course during a three day tournament.
Here's the post: I have edited it to eliminate any info to protect privacy of individual's involved.
Emotionally, today was one of our hardest trips. We went past Newland to a place called Spear. The destruction there was terrible. So many of the houses were completely swept away. All you could see was the footprint of the foundation. The river bed is full of tangled up trees, cars, houses, trailers, and drain pipes from bridges. Bridges are gone and there's no way to get to the homes on the other side. Cars flipped over. So many big trees down everywhere. Thousands of rocks washed into and up against houses. Think of a whole river bed of rocks dropped halfway up a house. Spear had only just today cut a trail into a neighboring area. That means the people have been cut off for a week. Side by sides, four wheelers, and horses were taking supplies in.
2 generators were dropped at the Newland Fire Department. They are prioritizing medical needs first and completing the setup for the homeowners. They are cataloging the generators and collecting them when they aren't needed anymore. The generator will then be put back into circulation and to a new location. It was very organized. We loaded our third one into a pickup truck and drove into Spear with food packed around it. Once there, it went into a local pickup truck and then directly onto a four wheeler to be taken further up the mountain.
We met one family that watched the water come up to their porch and all around them. It swept away 2 of their cars. Their neighbors trailer was completely crushed and he's now living with them. Another family had a giant tree fall on their bedroom. They are still living there. The worst story we heard was from a woman who's family took shelter in their attic. The water got up to the windows. They said they could hear the house creaking and feel it shaking. The father of that homeowner was crushed in his home, just down the road.
A couple of things I can tell you...
-Much like Florence, it's regular everyday people that are there doing the work. Not organizations like FEMA, Samaritan's Purse, and Red Cross. That's not to say they aren't in other places or aren't doing anything at all. We passed several military vehicles going into the area, but never saw any signs of them once we got into our drop off area or any of our other areas.
-In our 5 runs that we've made, we haven't seen any signs of looting. We haven't for a second felt nervous/threatened in any of the areas we've been to. The people we've delivered to have been so grateful and sweet.
-In our 5 runs, we haven't been stopped or turned away. We do have paperwork with us, but haven't had to use it. Don't take that to mean that you should set out on your own. Do your homework and find a point of contact in the area you are traveling to.
-Western flooding is SO different than what we experience in Eastern NC. You can't go door to door helping people, because the area is so rural. A local is needed to navigate the area. The water comes and goes quickly. It moves with force and rips everything in its' path apart, whereas our water rises slowly and then resides slowly. In Eastern NC, we can muck out a house and put in some new insulation and sheetrock. These homes were completely wiped away.
Finally, the land has been completely reshaped. Things are buried under feet of first and rocks.
We have one more trailer going out tomorrow. It will go to Bakersville and hopefully Burnsville. We've heard those are two areas of need.
We have had a long week and today was hard. We are still collecting money, but we will be moving toward a long term plan. We heard from multiple people that 1)They will need people 3 weeks down the road when everyone leaves & beyond that. 2) It will be cold there soon. We were told by several locals that kerosene heaters are needed. Our goal is to spend time with our families, listen to the needs, and tentatively plan for a return trip the weekend of October 18th. If these 5 trips haven't shown everyone that we can be trusted and we are determined to help, I don't know what will. Help us keep helping!
As a former SLP, I used to work with many of them. But most of them were toddlers who were just diagnosed.
I did have a homeschooled HS student who was mostly non verbal. He could read though. He loved computers so I made a video of him reading off emergency language in case he needed to give his name and address.
Eventually after watching himself over and over again, he was able to retain the information to repeat it back when asked. He loved watching himself on video so it was a win win.
His parents were thrilled. Their biggest worry is he would get out and not be able to tell someone who he was or where he lived.
All I know is now in NC we no longer tally up the absentee ballot results until Election Day evening.
Also NO absentee ballots sre accepted beyond 7:30 pm when our polls close on Election Night in NC
These ballots can only be accepted at the county board of elections on Election Day bc the precincts would not be done packing up and bringing back to the county board of Elections all required voter ballots and other required materials until much later that evening.
I live in Eastern Carolina and went to our local Costco mostly to pick up much needed supplies to help fill a van from my neighborhood that was being driven into western NC.
I was shocked to see how many people were in there on Weds. I had to grab a cart from the parking lot bc there were none at the entrance. And it took me 15 minutes just to find a parking space.
All the TP, bottled water, and paper towels were gone. I was able to purchase baby wipes, a package of antiseptic wipes, and diapers.
I wanted to believe that people were buying up these things to send to western NC But some of them were were certainly there stockpiling for themselves
I hope those who were stockpiling supplies for themselves will now donate these items to help those in need in the Western part of our state now that the strike is over.
There are and always have been prophetic messages in the old testament about Jesus well ahead of his arrival.
Many of the Jews have missed these prophecies.. Jesus fullfilled all the prophesies of the Old Testament.
Here is just one of them in Zechariah 9:9.
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Someone posted side by side videos of Biden’s press Secretary talking about how FEMA paid for illegal aliens housing and care. And the more recent one of her saying they didn’t use FEMA funds.
Can anyone link me to those. Ideas from here?