As it should have been - it was a dangerous storm that did a huge amount of damage.
That being said, while we were watching that right hand, the left one was sneaking up on the Carolinas - especially North Carolina.
There are people in North Carolina in a flood situation that is unprecedented - places that have never flooded and that are continuing to flood even now - days after the skies cleared and the sun came out. I heard this morning that there are people still in shelters and, more to my point, sheltering in their homes, unable to get out and without any services in many cases.
So here comes my point: winter is coming and if you were told tomorrow that you have to stay in your house for the next two weeks using only the provisions that you have now....how would that strike you? As a great way to diet? As a cosmic joke played on you the day BEFORE you were planning on grocery shopping? How about as what may very well happen sometime this winter?
Some one of the talking heads over the past couple of weeks stated the obvious (they are good at that) - it is much better to prepare before the emergency than to be the proverbial chicken with no head running around when it's here and happening.
Take a look at your supplies - food, water, medicines (even over the counter ones), sanitation supplies - all that stuff! Do you have at least the recommended three day supplies - which is ridiculous in my opinion - when can you plan on a three day emergency - like a curtain goes up on the fourth day and it's all better?
Check it out, guys - and be ready for whatever little surprises the winter may gift us with. And, by the way, North Carolina's problems had nothing to do with Matthew - so keep your eyes on all the balls, not just the one bouncing in front of you!
And even if you could get out? This might very well be what you find....just sayin!
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