Angels Beside The Road

[Mike SC Hunter]

My wife and I were exhausted this evening. We were returning from our lake community. Where I cut trees. Dragged limbs and chained logs to be pulled to a common area.
About 1/3 of the way home we saw a black gentlemen Standing beside the road holding a sign that said FREE FOOD. We pulled in and those nice people gave us each of us plate. Containing 2 grilled ribs. Some brisket. A hotdog and a hamburger. Plus baked beans and homemade lemonade. It was DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!. He we were tired and hungry on the way home. And these angels brightened our day with a great meal.
It's great to see what people will do in times of disaster. Cuz a lot of that area is still without power and many trees down on houses. Most roads are cleared and the power companies are working 24-7.
He at home were without power from 2am Friday till 1pm on Wednesday. Don't when we'll get power back at the lake. That area up there looks like a nuclear bomb was dropped.
There are still a lot of God's good people doing good things for others.

 

[Rudi]

From what I hear, the gubmnt is not doing much to help. Real people, good people, folks, are indeed the Angels

 

[fiasconva]

I'd have made a big donation to them if they would have accepted it. Things like this brings out the best of us.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I'd have made a big donation to them if they would have accepted it. Things like this brings out the best of us.

I did.........

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I think by sundown this evening I earned my PHD in limb dragging and chainsawing. Still lots or work still to be done. AND.....Lots of leaning trees will still fall....Still feel blessed......I pray daily for those folks further north in NC & TENN..........Many lost all they had......And apparently the current gov. is doing little to nothing.

 

[Onomea]

From the NYT today:

• Over a week after Helene passed through, small mountain communities like Chimney Rock and Lake Lure in Rutherford County remain isolated in some way: left without water, electricity or reliable cell service, or stranded among collapsed roads.

Aaron Ellenburg, Rutherford County’s sheriff, has spent days refuting baseless claims about lithium sales or communities being bulldozed to cover up bodies left behind by the storm. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “I’m sick and tired of this ****.”

• Mayor Glenn Jacobs of Knox County, Tenn., said to his followers, “if everyone could maybe please put aside the hate for a bit and pitch in to help, that would be great.”

• And Kevin Corbin, a Republican state representative in North Carolina, pleaded on Facebook, “PLEASE help stop this junk.”

• “It’s a challenging thing to read and see those social media posts,” said Aaron Aguirre, a Black Hawk pilot in the Tennessee National Guard. On Friday alone, he helped distribute about 4,500 pounds of supplies over eastern Tennessee. Everyone’s here because they want to be, not because they have to be,” he added. “We are fully in this. We really want to be here.”

• On the streets of Swannanoa, dozens of dusty and mud-covered vehicles carted cases of supplies. Helicopters were landing in the field next to a Harley-Davidson store. And multiple people said they knew help was coming from not only their neighbors and church groups, but also from agencies and people across the country. “It feels good to know that people across the country are connected to us and are getting news about us,” said Nancy Benedict, 77, holding a giant baked pretzel steps from a line of food tents.

• “It makes you really angry,” said Sherry Griffith, 71, a retired special education teacher. When she and her husband went to visit a friend who was isolated by the floods, she quickly shut down the friend’s worries that there was little aid trickling in, saying there was an abundance of support. “I mean, look at this,” Ms. Griffith added, gesturing to the nearby workers setting up hoses to deliver fresh water to people. “Constantly.”

 

[jeffrefrig]

About those leaning trees, etc., please be mindful of the "widow-makers."