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I live in South Carolina and I thought it Hurricane Helene would break apart like it usually does and just end up with broken branches on the ground. I looked around and felt I was satisfied that I had enough for the storm. They say it was Cat 4 when it hit Florida land. Usually it breaks up as it moves through Florida and Georgia. This time it took a hard path right where I lived. The winds started on Thursday so I cancelled my doc appointment. It began to rain and all night I was so nervous because the rains were unrelenting. I had to drive to Dialysis very early in the morning and during the strong hurricane!. It was the toughest one I had ever driven though with everything you see on TV with the rain going sideways and strong winds. I parked at Dialysis and waited for them to open up. The wind was picking up my car and the hardest rain you ever saw was hitting my window. Eventually she opened the door and I ran inside.
She got me quickly hooked up and I began to run on dialysis. 30 minutes in the power went off! We sat there and the manager told us we had to leave. I wondered about a generator? Nope. So now I had to go back out in the storm and I made it back to my house quickly. But there were large trees laying in the road. I could not get there going that way. I turned around and went a different way and when I got to my driveway, there was a LARGE TREE and it had fallen on my house!
The whole neighborhood was filled with trees that were down. I had no electricity. That went on for 7 days and about an hour ago I got the power back. During my time in the dark house with no lights I could not take a shower or bath because the water was cold. I did the hair in the sink. And washed my body with a scrubbie cloth. I did not cook for a week. I just ate things like crackers and easy dry foods.
On that day, two sweet ladies came with chainsaws and began working on trying to par the branches down. But they had struggles with the saw and they were not able to return. The owner slowly has chipped away at the massive tree on my house. I remember being in the shoes in deep mud and rain but wanting to help stack the smaller branches.
So for the next 7 days I waited for the power to come on but I learned the transformer pole exploded with force. I took a pic but my computer is not cooperating yet.
I want to say there are far worse folks than me in Asheville NC. 30 inches of rain and a sea of mud. Many lost their lives. There are reported 1,000 people missing at this time. Some may have passed and some are not able to use their cell phone or lost it in the water. My thoughts are with their families
I had some touching experiences. First my Social Worker called for Dialysis and told me because of my situation, the Kidney Fund wanted to help. Then when I got to the doc office a nice nurse heard what happened and offered me some food and said she had a case of water and wanted to give it to me! The young girl was wearing these pretty bracelets. I said "Oh those are beautiful!" She took one off and said this is for you! I could not believe it. She hugged me two times and it was like she was telling me she understood going 7 days without power. But you know what? She had lost HER electric too so we were in the same boat so to speak.
It was a very draining experience. My cell did not work,. no TV, no computer, just tried to read and relax.
Do you know someone who went through Helene and it has affected you?
Thanks.
She got me quickly hooked up and I began to run on dialysis. 30 minutes in the power went off! We sat there and the manager told us we had to leave. I wondered about a generator? Nope. So now I had to go back out in the storm and I made it back to my house quickly. But there were large trees laying in the road. I could not get there going that way. I turned around and went a different way and when I got to my driveway, there was a LARGE TREE and it had fallen on my house!
The whole neighborhood was filled with trees that were down. I had no electricity. That went on for 7 days and about an hour ago I got the power back. During my time in the dark house with no lights I could not take a shower or bath because the water was cold. I did the hair in the sink. And washed my body with a scrubbie cloth. I did not cook for a week. I just ate things like crackers and easy dry foods.
On that day, two sweet ladies came with chainsaws and began working on trying to par the branches down. But they had struggles with the saw and they were not able to return. The owner slowly has chipped away at the massive tree on my house. I remember being in the shoes in deep mud and rain but wanting to help stack the smaller branches.
So for the next 7 days I waited for the power to come on but I learned the transformer pole exploded with force. I took a pic but my computer is not cooperating yet.
I want to say there are far worse folks than me in Asheville NC. 30 inches of rain and a sea of mud. Many lost their lives. There are reported 1,000 people missing at this time. Some may have passed and some are not able to use their cell phone or lost it in the water. My thoughts are with their families
I had some touching experiences. First my Social Worker called for Dialysis and told me because of my situation, the Kidney Fund wanted to help. Then when I got to the doc office a nice nurse heard what happened and offered me some food and said she had a case of water and wanted to give it to me! The young girl was wearing these pretty bracelets. I said "Oh those are beautiful!" She took one off and said this is for you! I could not believe it. She hugged me two times and it was like she was telling me she understood going 7 days without power. But you know what? She had lost HER electric too so we were in the same boat so to speak.
It was a very draining experience. My cell did not work,. no TV, no computer, just tried to read and relax.
Do you know someone who went through Helene and it has affected you?
Thanks.
