To Those In Sandy's Path

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((HUGS))))))

To All Who Have Been, Are, or Will Be Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Prayers are going up for you.

May you all stay safe and have access to everything that you need.

May the predictions be far worse than the actual storm.

May services and utilities remain available to you.

God Bless You!

Love & Light,

Rose

[funnylegs4]

Thanks so much Earth Mother 2 Angels! I am in the path but am doing all I can to be safe. If I lose power I may not be able to get on the forum for a few days though so if I disappear for awhile that is why.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

(((((((funnylegs4))))))

My guess is that quite a few of our members will be absent for awhile, as it certainly appears now that a large swath of the mid Atlantic Coast is powerless. This is one massive storm. Nothing to take lightly. Praying for your safety.

Prayers for all in Sandy's path ~

Love & Light,

Rose

[LaBella]

Hi, I am here now, thank you for the prayers. I was in the path but Thank God, nothing major happened, lots of wind and rain to last me for at least 6 months but no lost of power and nothing more than a few trees down and flooding but not in my neighborhood.

Hope everyone else os OK and that whoever is in NY and NJ are safe.

[Fig]

I'm in Rochester, NY, on Lake Ontario. I live right down by the Lake. It was fierce, man!! Terrible wind and rain, and huge 20' high waves. Very scary. A lot of places lost power, but the building I live in was spared, thank G-d. It was a very frightening day and night, but nothing at all like what Down State and New Jersey went through.

Marion

[Buttons2]

glad you checked in Fig! was wondering about you,the zoo & your birds. everthing OK then? Good!

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((LaBella & Fig))))))

I give thanks that you are both safe and were not severely impacted by Sandy.

Prayers continue for those, who were not as fortunate.

Hope more folks will check in soon.

Love & Light,

Rose

[Jo6]

We had a lot of wind and rain and some power outages, but nothing compared to others up the coast. I pray all will be safe. As Rose said, please send a note saying you are alive at least.

((((hugs)))) to all and many prayers. Julia

[joy]

i am so glad to read that you are all right jo and did not get washed away or anything. i feel bad for those that got the worst or even a little bit of that horrible mess.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((jo))))))

So glad that you are okay. Thank you for checking in with us.

((((((joy))))))

I agree ~ my heart breaks for everyone, especially those who lost loved ones to the storm.

Last night, my son and I watched the NBC-sponsored fundraising concert, with Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and others. The interviews with residents, who had lost their homes and all of their mementos, and/or their businesses, brought me to tears. And the pictures of the devastation ~ oh my! It's just unreal. Someone said that it will be rebuilt, but it won't be the same, because Sandy washed away the history of the Jersey Shore. Steven Van Zandt said something to the effect of "the places we used to go are gone."

It's going to take a long time to clean that up and rebuild. I guess we could call Mother Nature a job creator!

Prayers continuing for all affected by the storm~

Love & Light,

Rose

[clouds z]

the cost?one million dollars

[joy]

i was thinking that places like Hati have had so much distruction that probably they are still working very hard to rebuild and maybe thinking, glad it wasn't us again. and they'd be in sound minds if they did think so at that. but it is sad for anyones home and all to be destroyed. and lives lost. sad sad. and now for it to be so cold. miserable and my heart goes out to them in thought at least.

[Jo6]

Thank you dear ((Joy and Rose)) for thinking of me. It has been hard for those on up the coast.

I just heard a new storm was bearing down on the NY and NJ shore. Power still out, below freezing, rain has turned to snow, huge flakes and it has just begun.

Oh how my heart aches for any and all that are trying to reclaim something of their former life, but sadly not much to reclaim. We'll have to just keep those prayers going for all those in harms way.

I too am thankful for those that have checked in.

Take care all and stay as warm as possible.

my love to all, Jo s

[funnylegs4]

I finally got my internet back! We live close to a water source so our basement was flooded up to the ceiling,our car is totally dead, I lost power for 3 days and I am just getting internet back now. But I am very happy to be alive.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((Clouds z))))))

Gov. Cuomo estimates the cost of rebuilding New York state to be about $33 BILLION! So, imagine the cost of rebuilding New Jersey, and the other states hit by Sandy. BILLIONS and BILLIONS!!!

On the positive side, that rebuilding will create jobs, which we can hope will improve our economy.

((((((joy))))))

There are people in New Orleans, who still haven't recovered their losses since Katrina. Then Isaac hit, and more homes were damaged, but at least the new levees held fairly well.

The frightening part is that this is just the beginning of these super storms and extreme weather. More than one meterologist has mentioned that hurricane season will be year round at some point. Climate change, global warming, whatever term is attached to what's happening, is real. Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, tornadoes (Joplin, Missouri ~ entire town nearly wiped out), hurricanes, super storms, and a melting ice cap. I'd say that Earth is rebelling against our ravaging of her. We drop bombs on her, test bombs inside her, frack her, drill her, strip her mines, poison her soil, oceans, and air. No wonder we have these problems!

So, while I pray for the victims of these "natural" disasters, and for their immediate assistance, I also pray that the people of the world and their leaders will come together to clean up Earth, so we can turn it around, and save it and ourselves.

I confess: I'm a tree-hugging, animal-loving, vegetarian! On Thanksgiving, we have Tofurkey. It's delicious!

((((((Jo))))))

I know what you mean. I feel so badly for all of these people. I just want to make vats of soup and take tons of blankets to them. Imagine what the holidays will be like for so many of them too.

((((((funnylegs4))))))

So glad to hear from you! I've been thinking about you, wondering if you were affected by a power outage. I give thanks that you are okay. Keep warm!

Prayers continuing for everyone ~ please keep checking in when you are able to connect again.

Love & Light,

Rose