Amen to that Lynartist. Too many natural disasters recently. Praying for those in Puerto Rico.

Somebody's trying to tell us something! Praying for all. Our Fort Bend County sheriff had a townhall meeting tonight in Sienna and he hit it out of the park. What a man! Answered dozens of questions and just is such a amazing person. He and his staff did an amazing job in this county, which btw is humungous. He was in a boat rescuing people while he was directing action of officers helping others. He also kept the peace as well and there was almost no looting. I think they caught 4 people and he posts on his Facebook page and that was the end of that! I think Fort Bend County is bigger than some of the states in the East!! It is 885 square miles and runs from way northwest of Houston all the way down to South Sienna Plantation (above 40 miles south, east to Pearland and west beyond Sugar Land. Big. But then everything's BIG in Texas! Wonderful people. I am hoping the folks in Puerto Rico can survive until help can get in there. No power anywhere on the island. Hoping the Ports and airports can get generators going to be able to receive help. Many poised any ready to go. Former great baseball player Curt Shilling has a big group amassed ready to go as soon as they can get clearance to land with vital items like food and water and meds. They have equipment to be completely self sufficient which will be needed. Horrible situations on those islands. My hubby and I honeymooned on St. Croix and I fear awfully for that beautiful island and the surrounding areas. Well, going to go say some prayers for all. Nite all.

Kudos to your sheriff, Flo. What a monumental task our officials have undertaken. In Florida our Collier County sheriff is on top of things also but his "territory" is a lot smaller! The curfew was lifted a couple of days ago. Isn't it sad that we have to have one? Sign of the times I guess.

Our " Marco Patriots " have received so many donations/ literally truckloads of items are arriving via UPS daily that they are galvanizing efforts to take the surplus to Puerto Rico. They asked via Facebook if those who sent items to florida would agree to this and received a resounding YES! The donations have already helped & continue to help more communities than I can name in south Florida. Time to also help others. There's so much good in the world amongst all the negative stuff swirling about. Makes my heart glad.

Wow- the awesome power of the wind and water.

Amazing....

Great stories about the sheriff and the powers that be. I am completely heartbroken for the people all over that have lost their homes and loved ones through all this. Dominica has special meaning to me and the people there. They are so poor but so humble.. I fell in love with them!!! They have more centurions than any other country and there is research going on there to find out why.. I can tell you why!!!! No stress and living in the rain forest!! There's a magic about it. Praying for all!!! Seajaygerns that is unreal!!!!! The power that had to be!!!!

Oh Puerto Rico has such a challenge. But, Puerto Rico is less than the size of Houston. Believe it or not, most of us had power throughout the Harvey event! So, we will be sending electrical crews and in fact many are already staged to go get them up and operating. I heard Dr. Graham say that Samaritans Purse has 1,000 generators ready to go in all donated by Lowe's! They are beginning to let a few flights into these islands so praying for the best. But a real mess for sure. Not sure we will know the extent for several weeks really. All the agencies know they have to be fully able to be completely self sustaining, so you can imagine what kind of logistics that takes. Pray Pray Pray! Hoping your friend is OK, lynartist. So hard not knowing. Also, terrible tragedies in Central Mexico as well. Last time we were there, our friend educated us on the "soil" around Mexico City and how vulnerable they were to earthquakes. Sure was right on that. The City is built in the middle of mountains and on a old lake bed that is basically unstable when wet! Not good. I forget know what they call that, but same thing on the west banks of the Mississippi down through Vicksburg and on through that border between Mississippi and Louisiana. Not many people know there is a fault that runs I think from St. Louis Missouri, all the way down in that direction. It is called the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The soil becomes liquefied and you can imagine what that means. Anyway, time for bed for Flo! Nite everyone and take care. Keep us posted Lynartist as soon as you hear, but that could be a while for sure! I predict all the major cell phone companies will be helping people communicate with loved ones.

Yes let us know Lynartist when you hear from your friend!! Praying for everyone!!

Hahaha Seajaygerns didn't notice that!!!! Definitely meant Centenarians!!! My niece worked in the Centenarian program when she went to college and there were a lot of people in South Georgia over 100 also. She got to stay with us while doing her research. On man she was working with was on Joe third wife!!! The other two had already died and he was still going. Haha

HIS third wife!!! not Joe!!!! Good gracious spellcheck!! Really???

I am very glad your friend is okay, Lyn. You probably weren't that wrong, with 'thugs'. When things are dire, it's often an irrisistible opportunity for thugs. Heartbreaking awfulness.

Please, could everyone spare a prayer for Bali, which is being threatened by a possibly major volcano eruption? More than 20 000 people have already been evacuated from their homes. Perhaps we all need to be in a permanent state of prayer, for so many reasons.

Lynartist glad your friend is ok and is going to get out from down there. Things are going to get even worse there before it gets better I'm afraid. Rina I agree about the constant prayer being needed.

Lynartist, so glad to hear your friends are safe and sound. I can only imagine what they are going through though.

Agree about all the tragedies at the moment just horrific. Not to mention those 500,000 fleeing to Bangladesh with nothing and nowhere to go! I think all of the charity organizations are just stretched to the limit at the moment. :(

You are so very right. In whatever way we can help them, we must. Sometimes just signing a petition that reaches you can make a difference.

What a horrible feeling that must have been thinking no one knows what's happening. Prayers go out to all.

Lynartist - The stories out of Puerto Rico are heartbreaking. I'm happy to hear that your friend is okay, Was she able to get out of PR? I can't even imagine how frightened and isolated they all must feel. I just heard on tv this morning that women who had to give birth at home have shown up at the hospitals carrying their newborns. And some that have had to go to more that one hospital before finding one open. It is heartening (once again) to see the response not only of officials but of volunteers. God Bless them! It's going to be a long while before things are repaired/rebuilt. So sad.

Surely is horrible and makes you feel even more grateful for the infrastructure we have here. Having reliable electricity is vital and most people take it for granted. We actually kept power throughout the whole Harvey event throughout most of Houston. It was the extreme rainfall that was the "event". Some areas measured 50" in 3 days! We measured 39" in our area. Lawsuits popping up all over the place here too, so the countries with nothing left, I really don't know how they will recover. Massive amounts of work will have to be done. And, there is no way to get people to these places easily, no good operating airports. Some flights are getting in, but it is harry to say the least. I read yesterday, that Samaritan's purse is getting supplies in and a few others along with some ships getting to the area. There is also the "panic" mentality that sets in and it becomes a real survival for the fittest situation. Even in the Keys of Florida, Samaritan's purse is flying volunteers in from Fort Lauderdale to the Islands for the day and flying them back at night because there is no place to stay and no services of any kind. Amazing amount of effort for sure. Praying for miracles that is for sure!

lynartist - so much misery. Sure hoping for a miracle for all those affected not only in Puerto Rico but all the islands. Tourism is their life line and that is over at least for the foreseeable future. Something good will come from all this I am sure. When you are on an island, you can be isolated so fast. Now, no airports working, no ports functioning, it is going to be a very long slog. But, thank God there are so many trying to help! It will take years though to begin to recover.

It is awful, but truly I hope that blessings -- including anything that makes their work easier and more productive -- on the volunteers, and on all the professionals who are cleaving to the real meaning of their jobs. And they are many. Unfortunately from the international perspective the US is generally regarded as more than capable of looking after its own, which is often true. So the country is going to have to show extraordinary strength and compassion.

I have no doubts! Great opportunity for young people to just stop what they are doing and go find a way to help. Could be a better learning opportunity than anything they get from books!

Lynartist it's a shame what they're having to go through. Hopefully they'll get out soon. It's going to be a very long time before things will get back to normal. Yes, we do take things for granted. Hopefully they will rebuild stronger than ever before.

Amen.

It just sounds like a nightmare there at the moment. Lynartist hope your friends get out soon. I heard this morning that the infrastructure is totally destroyed so oil, goods etc.. are sitting at the docks and no way to reach the people. They are saying this is beyond the local government that was in dire straights before this and even FEMA. So perhaps they will put in some military forces to start rebuilding like they did in a Iraq to allow things to start moving in again. Just heat breaking.

That sounds very promising for those poor people Lynartist.

I just saw a report on TV that showed dozens of containers filled with supplies sitting at the ports because there is no passable roads and no truck drivers to distribute the goods. So, "distribution" is the issue. This is always the case in storm scenarios and I am hoping there are some drivers that are able to get to the island to help. Of course, fuel is being rationed as well so hospitals and key facilities are first to keep going. Just going to take time, and the people in the interior and mountain areas will have to find ways to subsist until further help can get to them. I'm sure there will be air lift campaign as soon as they can set that up. It is always a race against time.

Yes Lynartist!! Much needed prayers!!

I'm very busy gutting a house Ladma so haven't had much time to Houzz lately, by doing well, thank you!! Hope you are too!! The news has been one devastating thing after another unfortunately. So heartbreaking about all the people in Vegas!!

These are definitely bad times but keep the faith, everyday things are going in the right direction. We all just have to keep our prayers going. Hopefully this next storm that's out there Nate weakens and and just disappates.

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