Natural Disaster Anyone affected by harvey? checking in.

[EmmaOwl]

Brave, @ladee! And @dulcia and anyone and everyone... I heard a little while ago that there's been some looting.
I know there are bad people in the world... Hell we ALL know that... but it makes my stomach twist.
I can't tell you how glad I am to be in the northeast right now, I'm so so sorry and I hope everyone gets out of this safely and without too much hardship - that's a pretty useless thing to say, but I don't know what else, except my heart goes out. My family is involved with the Red Cross... but we aren't THERE.

 

[ladee]

Ok, good time to practice acceptance, she won't leave her husband and he doesn't want to leave... so there she sets.... If I was there, we would have already BEEN gone... but she is a grown woman.... making her choices... found out where my nephew is staying outside of Beaumont, the water is almost in the house..... prayers for everyone.... and Harvey hasn't hit land yet again.... Thank you God I do not live down there anymore.... After Rita, I said NO MORE. and was relocated to Central Texas.... will never move back ..... never.. too old to try and outrun all this anymore...

 

[Deleted member 37474]

Made it to Kroger today. Interesting shopping in a store where most of the "normal" food is gone!

 

[Deleted member 37474]

@ladee when your friend does decide to leave, she is supposed to call 311 unless it is a dire emergency or contact the volunteer groups. Actually, if she is a senior citizen, 911 might be allowed

 

[LuckiLee]

I'm glad you're all safe! Prayers for all of you and your great state of Texas!!

(((HUGS)))

Keep us posted.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

will never move back ..... never.. too old to try and outrun all this anymore...

Good for you ladee, I feel the same about where I used to live too and I do not even come close to what you have experienced!! Hang in there and you got the prayers from me too.:cry::cry::cry::cry::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:

 

[Deleted member 37474]

So... I am having a problem. I made the mistake of following the trigger thread about wiping Texas off the map. Every time someone validates the original poster, I feel a sense of panic that people want me dead. I know this is a distortion but I can't stop reading the thread and feeling so upset. This has been so scary. I started out numb, then "woke up" into a situation that kept getting worse and worse. Listening to helicopters at the very moment. My daughter and mil couldn't understand why I was having no reactions during the prep and debate about evacuation and shopping prior to the hurricane. I guess I am a panic afterwards person. I think it is slowing down, but the anxiety keeps rising.

 

[EveHarrington]

Can you step away from that thread?

Nobody wants you dead.....its just one person's struggle and they are just trying to reach out for help with their own issue.

I can't imagine what you're going through.

Is the forum more of a downer than a support right now?

 

[ThePhoenix]

I can relate to the delayed reaction!! We are still flooded in (but safe) and it wasn't until this afternoon that I "woke up". Anxiety is HUGE for me at this moment. I keep trying to remind myself to "lean into" the feeling of anxiety and let the feeling be but it's freaking hard. No real advice, just know you are soooo not alone in this!

 

[Deleted member 37474]

I can relate to the delayed reaction!! We are still flooded in (but safe) and it wasn't until this a...

Unfortunately and Fortunately, I know that I am not alone. I see it everyday on the news and Facebook, the look of shock on people's faces at the grocery store. The extra, "be safe" when I pushed my cart away. The sudden stop while driving because there is a river on the highway in front of me. I have had to turn around in the efforts to find a way out. Still, the trapped feeling. And to feel guilty because my house and family is okay! What do I have to stress about? And my therapist. She checked in with me, but how do I know that she is really okay? She lived through this as well. It is all so hard. I really appreciate your response! It helps to know that I am not alone. Other people with ptsd are dealing with Harvey too. And it is quite possible that Harvey will have thrown even more into this damned mental condition.

 

[ms spock]

I don't pray, but I send good wishes, postive vibes and sunny moments from Australia! Take the best care that you all can please!

 

[The Albatross]

Durned thing is making land fall for the 3rd time. I've been following the discussion on storm2k.org for a while. This is the link to the last page of the discussion (I have been watching that site every hurricane season over a decade): ATL: HARVEY - Tropical Storm - Discussion - Page 368 - STORM2K
Scroll down for recent info from weather watchers and links and info. Back pages might be helpful too.

Looks like Beaumont has been really having the brunt of the rainfall for most all of the day and this evening. This is just the craziest hurricane I ever saw or heard of and so close to 12 years from Katrina. Looks like the outer bands are gonna blow up all over the Gulf Coast, but so far in Alabama only Mobile has flash flood warnings up. Louisiana is taking a lot of water as well.

We haven't heard anything from our niece or her mom/my ex sister-in-law at all for a couple of days now (San Antonio). My mother-in-law is pretty worried. They though are active duty military so hopefully they are okay and will contact us soon.

Looks like by the weekend we'll be shaking hands with what's left of Harvey - too soon to tell how much rainfall to expect but it is not forecasted to be a tropical depression... they say a tropical low, but they really got this thing wrong and it just goes to show you, no matter how good the technology and information available is... there's still a lot of things that Mother Nature can say about it.