[Magdalen] SC update to Hurricane Matthew

[Ginga Wilder]

Thanks, Judy.  Matthew is beyond us now, going up the  coast, with winds of
75 mph.  A nice rain fell through the night.  Most of the rain has gone
now, but the winds have come.  We are having a tropical strom.  Much, much
flooding and trees down and power outages across the the area.  We have
lights intermittently...which means our transformer has not blown yet.  Our
roof leaked into our family room and we have small debris in our
yard....some big mud puddles that will drain shortly.

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd has an email discussion going.  We
are checking up on each other and that has been a really good thing.  A
fair number of our members have not experienced a storm like this before.

All is well.
Ginga

On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> How are things in South Carolina this morning?
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:28 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It is wonderful to read that you have thought of so many things to take
> > care of. God grant that you and yours ride out the storm with little need
> > for all of those precautions!
> >
> > And, yes, a prayer for those poor folks on those islands.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hellooooo.  The storm is coming to Summerville.  We will have hurricane
> > > force winds and 11 or more inches of rain.  The outer bands of the
> storm
> > > will get here in 2 or so hours.  Worst of storm will be around 2 AM
> > through
> > > 8 AM tomorrow morning.  We are under a tornado watch.
> > >
> > > We are as ready as we can be.  John moved furniture, etc. off our
> porches
> > > this morning.  I have done all the laundry, cooked everything in the
> > > fridge, located all the old Advent candles, filled the bathtub with
> water
> > > for flushing, filled the water jugs with water for drinking.  I took
> > photos
> > > of our house and yard.  I found an old battery operated radio and
> > replaced
> > > the batteries.  ETC.
> > >
> > > This is all necessary busywork.  We are all a bit antsy with the
> > wait....I
> > > spoke to a friend this afternoon who was about to polish her silver
> just
> > to
> > > stay busy.
> > >
> > > Anyway, if we lose lights and wifi and cell towers are knocked down, I
> > > won't be able to communicate.  So, assume that all is well because it
> > will
> > > be.
> > >
> > > The loss of life in Haiti is mind boggling.  Pray for all who have lost
> > > their lives and been devastated by Matthew.
> > >
> > > Blessings and love,
> > > Ginga
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan
>