June, July & Augst 2017

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JULY:

AUG. 26:  Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Southern Texas; the desctruction was almost total in some areas, and at least partial from the coast inland for half the state.  Harvey generated at least 9 tornadoes during its stay, and lingered for a solid week; rain is finally moving off to the East now.  At present, over sixty deaths were caused by Hurricane Harvey; the flooding that has come afterward has been catestrophic.  One entire family died when their van was overtaken by the sweeping water; mother, father and all four small children drowned.  They expect over 20,000 homes to remmain flooded for the next two weeks throughout the Houston area and its suburbs.  Most homes torn to pieces; a ten foot aligator found in the dining room of one home.  More than 42,000 people in over 2,000 shelters all over Texas.  This is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in American history.  Our prayers are with you ALL.

In Burbank,. California, 200 homes are being evacuated; wildfires have burned over 2,200 acres, spreading across the freeway.  High temperatures, in triple digits, are antagonizing the fire, making it more difficlt to get under control.  The current heat wave is blowing old records "out of the water" (according to Good Morning America).  Prayers to those who have lost their homes to the fires as well.  GOD BLESS.

September 2017 HURRICANE IRMA

09-08-2017

Hurricane Irma... was the largest and fastest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, with winds gusting up to 210 mph; twice the size of 1992s Andrew, Irma is now the strongest, for the longest period of time, ON THE GLOBE.

She caused such devestation in the Carribeann and Virgin Islands; the island of St. Martin, and others in that region were 90% destroyed!  Sixty percent of the residents of St. Martin are now homeless.  Antigua and Barbuda dessimated.  Twenty-one now dead in the Carribeann; the island paradise, devestated.  Some say, it looks apocoliptic.

Right behinnd Irma, is Hurrican Jose; quickly building to a frightening size as well.  Irma is expected to hit Florida now.  Projected to head straight up the middle of the state, all the way to South Carolina.  100,000 people in evacuation shelters; my mom, in a motel in Pennsicola.  That may not be far enough away... We'll see.

9-11-2017

Well, 6.5 million customers are without power in Florida tonight; Irma hit Miama with winds of 135 mph (which would have been 165, if it hadn't hit Cuba first... God bless the people there).  She traveled up the West coast, with her eye over land, up to Tampa and then jumped slightly East, centering in the state, and went straight up to Jacksonville, dropping to a category 1, but still doing plenty of damage along the way.  Jacksonville has now had all-time record-breaking flooding city-wide!  They are saying it could have been much worse, so everyone seems to be grateful it is what it is.  Haven't heard anything about my mother yet.