Earthquake, Hurricane, Flood

We are okay. But our valley is not. The flooding is insane here. We live on a mountain and our house is doing great. We have many friends who have had to evacuate. Our church family has tried to house those who needed a place to stay.

I must say that it is a bit much to have an earthquake, hurricane and now flood in short order. I'm trying very hard not to believe it's some kind of apocalyptic sign.

Folks here will have a lot of cleaning up to do. We all hope that the levees will hold and that the towns of Forty Fort, Kingston and most of Wilkes-Barre will be spared. But Nanticoke, Nescopeck, Pittston and many other places are not protected by that high levee put up after Hurricane Agnes. They will just have to deal with the unimaginable amount of water pouring down their streets right now.

We are very grateful that we have not suffered damage from the hurricane or the flood. The earthquake was an itsy bitsy tremor in our area and really didn't damage anything here. But still.

It really makes you see the value of preparedness, having a 72-hour kit ready and being able to function without power, water or natural gas.

Here's hoping this is the last of the disasters for 2011.