A few of our cousins have been affected by Hurricane Helene. Blessedly, everyone I checked on was physically safe at the time. As I learned during Ian, the initial week or two is spent by the big guns making the area safe for others to come help. Needs are met by locals, and by people who know what they're doing. After that, there is ongoing damage that is not life-threatening. There is also a ton of red tape that seems to lead no where and a million little things we don't think about. My community was not the hardest hit by Ian, but we are still healing. This is long-haul. So far I don't have specific needs we can meet, but here are the situations I'm aware of:
1. One family in Florida had a carport fall on their car.
2. A family in the Carolina's lives on top of a mountain. Amazingly, their property doesn't even have one fallen tree, but there is devastation all around them. The wife was home alone during the storm, but they are reunited and safe. The have a generator, but not water or electricity. They are in good spirits and right now do not need anything. In fact, the husband told me that they do have family coming to help, but that having people from out of town to help is still a stress on the area because the basic infrastructure is not there yet.
3. A cousin has a step-daughter that, as far as I know, is stranded, but safe.
4. There are at least 3 sets of cousins that are stranded, but safe. Again, electricity and water are not there yet.
5. Family has a camp that is damaged. It sounds like everyone is safe, but there's a lot of clearing work needed.
I will post when I have more information, both needs and praises.
