Tag: Hurricane Michael

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Some employees at a consulting firm where I used to work years ago, told me about a news site called Koenig’s International News. Bill Koenig is a writer and journalist as well as a White House correspondent. I discovered a book he wrote in 2004 called, “Eye to Eye – Facing the Consequences of Dividing […]
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Back in October 2018, I posted our experience of Hurricane Michael, that quickly formed over Labor Day weekend and was logged as the worst hurricane to ever hit Florida, and the third most powerful to hit our country. Over three months later, there is still suffering. In December, I met a contractor to fix a […]
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Bye Bye, Christians! Wait … Not So Fast

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Is the American public becoming less religious? “Yes,” says the latest research.

Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, a poll making headlines across cable networks (love those) said mainly the new generations — Millennials and Snowflakes — are rejecting the Christian faith. It was reported that they rated the importance of faith around 20 percent, with money, success, and family at the top. Was this a misleading headline? Let’s look further…

From the Pew Research Center: “The Pew Research Center study also finds a great deal of stability in the U.S. religious landscape. The recent decrease in religious beliefs and behaviors is largely attributable to the “nones” – the growing minority of Americans, particularly in the Millennial generation, who say they do not belong to any organized faith.”

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 I survived Hurricane Michael, but I can’t survive my Apple I-Phone. I attributed certain snafus as ‘storm related’. I was hesitant to call Verizon, as most of the Florida Panhandle is angry at Verizon. Suffering a massive hurricane, their services were down, as were others, but they have been slow to provide critical relief, or […]
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Surviving Hurricane Michael: Part Two

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October 15th – 5 Days after “D-Day” – Search and Rescue ongoing – people still unaccounted for. Communications remain weak, so many across the country have still not heard from loved ones. Makeshift studios are up for local Panama City stations WMBB and WJHG, reporting where to access services, updating the weather, how to contact insurance companies, hour by hour updates.

Cape San Blas, a picturesque barrier island just off Mexico Beach is now three islands:

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Surviving Hurricane Michael – Part One

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Sunday, October 7th – As a property manager in the Florida Panhandle, I awaken to text from customer, “Can you empty frig of perishables due to the tropical storm?” “Yes – no problem” I answer, then ask myself what tropical storm? I pull up weather.com and see something has just formed in the Caribbean, heading for the Gulf of Mexico. I alert my husband. “Oh? Ok.” And it’s off to visit in-laws in Panama City Beach.

Monday, October 8th, Columbus Day – Tropical storm likely to form into a CAT 1 – head out to prep properties for possible CAT 1 hurricane. I procrastinate going shopping, am out of my usual food, etc. Decide to head to Walmart Santa Rosa Beach early 9:00 AM. Store is packed, employees said water is almost gone, sheriff’s department stocking up. I decide to top off gas – head home and unload groceries – head out to Scenic Highway 30A to prepare properties for storm. Finish late afternoon – pass gas station with long lines and cop directing traffic. Encounter many tourists in golf carts, kids in bathing suits, large groups riding bikes, grills firing up, a jolly mood this holiday weekend, no one concerned, party atmosphere, roads clogged. One woman asks where should I gas up — she hasn’t a drop, her large SUV with Texas tags sits in the driveway. I said go now and fill up – may be evacuations tomorrow. She’s shocked as she walks her dog. Start to see yellow bags covering gas pumps. I go home and start filling plastic bags with ice.

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