Sandy

[appomattoxco]

Y'all know I don't talk much about it here when the sky falls. It's not that I don't care when the really bad stuff happens. It's that I can never find anything to say that hasn't been said over and over by the time I can get my thoughts together. That and the helpless scared feeling goes right to my legs [Fight or flight is a really bad thing for folks with spastic cerebral palsy.]

I was born in NJ and I still have a lot of family on my mom's side living there.. I know of at least one cousin who's lost her home and a dog she was fostering. The night sandy hit, I was chatting with another cousin who was sitting in the dark watching trees come down in her yard.

My area was spared and I was glad to see both places I used to live in NJ came thru fairly well. I thought for sure Cape May would get hit bad.

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[missmurchison]

It always hurts more when you have a connection to a place. My sister's house made it through the storm, but there was huge damage on the nearby barrier islands. A huge chunk of the boardwalk in the town we always went to when I was growing up is gone.

[appomattoxco]

I'm glad your sister's house is alright. Jen brought back pictures that were just heart rending. The donated cash covered gas and tolls to the penny. She said hated to leave because folks needed so much help.