[Magdalen] Prayers for SC

[Ginga Wilder]

John ani have fared the storm unscathed.   Lots of trees down on our
street.  Our street is actually closed because power lines are down I.
Several places.  We have no power at WiFi. But that we certainly can endure.

Blessings, Ginga

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 5:32 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Ann and Rick.  4:45 AM - We have just been awaken by a limb
> falling in our driveway right next to our bedroom.  Limb, not tree!   Our
> power is flickering.  The 5 AM NHC update indicated Dorian is a Cat 3 storm
> with 115 mph winds.  Apparently, Charleston and surrounding towns will not
> have hurricane force winds, but rain will bring flooding.  The storm is
> staying offshore as it moves up the coast.  The South Carolina low country
> will have tropical storm winds.  Storm surge in Charleston is anticipated
> to be very high.
>
> Charleston (25 miles from us) floods regularly in heavy rains, and is
> flooding now...I have no statistics on how high the water in Charleston has
> risen.  Downtown Charleston is a ghost town - people evacuated on Tuesday
> of this week.
>
> Summerville, where we live does not.  Summerville has a system of canals
> which were dug in the 1800s.  They do a fairly good job of draining high
> water quickly, but they will fill and probably overtop until the rains stop
> with the rains.
>
> Our power has already flickered this morning, so we will probably lose it
> before the storm moves further up the coast.  Do not be concerned if I go
> silent.  My one worry is that one or more trees will fall on our house.
> That happened in Hugo - the top of an oak tree was twisted off and
> deposited into our roof.  Summerville is a Tree City USA.  The first law on
> the books in 1847 when the town incorporated protected trees with more than
> a 6 inch diameter, making it a misdemeanor to cut trees.  We have nearly a
> half acre lot with many oaks, both live and deciduous oaks, several close
> to the sides of house left and right.  We lost all of our pine trees in
> Hugo and have not replanted them.  We don't want another tree to come into
> our house.
>
> TMI, as ever.  We are okay.  We continue to pray for those in the Bahamas
> who are so devastated.
>
> Climate change is science.
> Ginga
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 9:42 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> Ginga, I hope you’re okay. I keep hearing forecasts for record storm
>> surges
>> and rainfall, at least since Hugo in 1989. Are you staying home or
>> evacuating? Who else may be expecting hurricane repercussions?
>>
>> --
>> Ann
>>
>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>> Buffalo, NY
>> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>
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