[Magdalen] Prayers for SC

[Rick Mashburn]

Thanks be to God!

Thanks, Rick

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 3:23 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >
>