Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Storms

June through November is hurricane season. Before that (and during, not to mention after) is tornado season. Tornados come with little warning and make smaller but more intense messes. Hurricanes come with a lot more warning. In either case, afterward we head out to help clean up. Irene was a monster, though the experts say it could have been a lot worse.



Below are the "Mormon Helping Hands" guys in yellow, chain saws at the ready. Don't worry--I'm pretty sure that electrical line was not live. We had about 225 people in Kinston and another 120 on Harker's Island.




It is well known that trailer parks work as giant tornado magnets. Here we are a couple of weeks ago, replacing skirting on some trailer homes. In this case, it was the Mormons and the Episcopalians.



2 comments:

Shelly said...

Glad you guys are safe. Irene came through our neck of the woods too. It was the most intense storm I've lived through. Lots of trees down but we escaped without much damage. Thought of you guys during it all.

Tracy Giles said...

Glad you are all okay. It's so great to see the members of the church out in the community helping and serving.