Are you OK, Heidi?

[cats4ever]

The wind is considerably stronger now, and the heavy rain bands are approaching our area.
Rain in the double digit amounts is forecasted. It will start late tonight.
We had a short power outage at work today, less than a minute. It might not even have been storm-related, but everybody got a little nervous.
Thanks everybody for their well wishes. We will get through this.

[mon]

Best wishes you and yours stay safe and sound!

[cats4ever]

Thank you, mon!

[phesina]

More {{{{{HUGS}}}}} and ~~~~PURRRS~~~~ and from Pat and Sparkler!!!

[cats4ever]

We are doing ok so far. The real test will be starting tonight into Monday, with double-digit amounts of rain predicted.
My boyfriend told me to stop watching the storm coverage on TV, because I started crying when I saw all the horrible things that have happened so far.

This picture was on the front of our newspaper, the Winston-Salem Journal, today, heartbreak and relieve, at the same time, that they were rescued:

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Aw.... what a sweet picture...! I hope that this man and his kitten are ok now!?

Every news update, I look for news of Florence hurricane. I'be seen tons of pictures from flooded places, and I'm so scared sering all that misery. It's such a catastrophy to see your property flooded... . My parents went through a similar situation. They had a butcher's shop in the centre of Ostend (famous port in Belgium). It was February 1953, and the sea-water reached 4m high in the house. They could flee to the first floor and had to stay there during 4 days! As they had 2 kids then, my sister was 4 and my brother was 7 months old, the red cross came with milk, and this was brought by a smalnavigated al boat inside the house to where the staircase was! The butcher's shop was completely ruined....

[cats4ever]

We came out ok, but there are thousands of people who didn't. It is very heart-breaking to see all the devastation.