well...
we are now taking care of the 3rd Ivan devastated region to have to endure a hurricane. dennis took care of Pensacola and jamaica, Emily seems to be taking care of grenada, maybe Jamaica and the Caymans as well.
really bad luck that this year's storms are just going after the same areas flattened by Ivan
another Ivan devastated region to be hit
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I guess this is just as good a place as any to say this and while I haven't actually seen anyone wishing a cane to come to their town I do get a sense by some posts that one or two may actually be 'jealous' when another city gets all the hype from a storm, or they seem left out because a storm didn't directly impact them...
I'm a nurse and I work in a subacute rehab/nursing home. We get therapy patients, Hospice, old folks, young folks with traches from car accidents, gunshots, you name it. Its not just a place where old folks go to 'die'........not that that matters.
During Ivan when the power went out we lost 5 patients from the heat. Many more were almost killed. We ran around like crazy trying to keep these people comfortable. We didn't have enough ice to keep them cool. Bottled water came in but it had to be served HOT. The food was out of a can. Our O2 patients suffered terribly.
There was no gas so we were stuck at work and many couldn't get home to check on their properties and families because of this and the fact that trees and debris were scattered all over the roads. We had to boil our water.
So many things happened after the storm that it is still hard trying to cope. Its a direct mental challenge to watch any storm forming. We were cut off from the world for weeks.
Many thousands came here and suffered with us to help put up power, phone, cable, to get food, water, and ice. Never will they know how much they are thanked because of this.
So many people died after the storm.
Not during.
And I cannot list one by one the hardships and the lack of normalcy and the other things caused by Ivan (or even Dennis now) but I will say this, if you want a storm in your area you are border line psychotic. There is more to these things than wind and rain. Thousands suffer. Many die.
And I'll bet those that wish these things on their towns will be the first to complain when they have to wait 3 and more hours for a gallon of gas or a bag of ice. Think about the pediatric units in yor areas. The suffering in the hospitals and nursing homes.
Just think about what you wish for.
You may very well get it.
Peace and safety to all in the path of disaster.
Sorry to cane-nap your thread Derek. I just needed to get this off my chest.
I'm a nurse and I work in a subacute rehab/nursing home. We get therapy patients, Hospice, old folks, young folks with traches from car accidents, gunshots, you name it. Its not just a place where old folks go to 'die'........not that that matters.
During Ivan when the power went out we lost 5 patients from the heat. Many more were almost killed. We ran around like crazy trying to keep these people comfortable. We didn't have enough ice to keep them cool. Bottled water came in but it had to be served HOT. The food was out of a can. Our O2 patients suffered terribly.
There was no gas so we were stuck at work and many couldn't get home to check on their properties and families because of this and the fact that trees and debris were scattered all over the roads. We had to boil our water.
So many things happened after the storm that it is still hard trying to cope. Its a direct mental challenge to watch any storm forming. We were cut off from the world for weeks.
Many thousands came here and suffered with us to help put up power, phone, cable, to get food, water, and ice. Never will they know how much they are thanked because of this.
So many people died after the storm.
Not during.
And I cannot list one by one the hardships and the lack of normalcy and the other things caused by Ivan (or even Dennis now) but I will say this, if you want a storm in your area you are border line psychotic. There is more to these things than wind and rain. Thousands suffer. Many die.
And I'll bet those that wish these things on their towns will be the first to complain when they have to wait 3 and more hours for a gallon of gas or a bag of ice. Think about the pediatric units in yor areas. The suffering in the hospitals and nursing homes.
Just think about what you wish for.
You may very well get it.
Peace and safety to all in the path of disaster.
Sorry to cane-nap your thread Derek. I just needed to get this off my chest.
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vespersparrow wrote:I guess this is just as good a place as any to say this and while I haven't actually seen anyone wishing a cane to come to their town I do get a sense by some posts that one or two may actually be 'jealous' when another city gets all the hype from a storm, or they seem left out because a storm didn't directly impact them...
I'm a nurse and I work in a subacute rehab/nursing home. We get therapy patients, Hospice, old folks, young folks with traches from car accidents, gunshots, you name it. Its not just a place where old folks go to 'die'........not that that matters.
During Ivan when the power went out we lost 5 patients from the heat. Many more were almost killed. We ran around like crazy trying to keep these people comfortable. We didn't have enough ice to keep them cool. Bottled water came in but it had to be served HOT. The food was out of a can. Our O2 patients suffered terribly.
There was no gas so we were stuck at work and many couldn't get home to check on their properties and families because of this and the fact that trees and debris were scattered all over the roads. We had to boil our water.
So many things happened after the storm that it is still hard trying to cope. Its a direct mental challenge to watch any storm forming. We were cut off from the world for weeks.
Many thousands came here and suffered with us to help put up power, phone, cable, to get food, water, and ice. Never will they know how much they are thanked because of this.
So many people died after the storm.
Not during.
And I cannot list one by one the hardships and the lack of normalcy and the other things caused by Ivan (or even Dennis now) but I will say this, if you want a storm in your area you are border line psychotic. There is more to these things than wind and rain. Thousands suffer. Many die.
And I'll bet those that wish these things on their towns will be the first to complain when they have to wait 3 and more hours for a gallon of gas or a bag of ice. Think about the pediatric units in yor areas. The suffering in the hospitals and nursing homes.
Just think about what you wish for.
You may very well get it.
Peace and safety to all in the path of disaster.
Sorry to cane-nap your thread Derek. I just needed to get this off my chest.
Great post. As one that survived Hurricane Camille many years ago, I
can truthfully say I never want a Major Hurricane to strike me again. I
was only 7 years old at the time,but I remember the Hardships my family
suffered vividly. Our Home was without power for nearly a Month,My father
was out of work because the companies building he worked for at the time
was nothing but a slab,and a pile of Twisted metal. We had to wait for the
Local River to get below flood stage( 5 days or so) before we could bathe.
Unbearable heat with no way to cool off. The only good thing was our
house survived miraculously,and at least we had a roof over our heads.
That's more than a lot of others could say. " Be careful what you
wish for, you may get it" is an old cliche', but it's also sound advice when
it comes to catastrophic Hurricanes.
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