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The latest track for Hurricane Imelda from the NOAA shows it veering east and avoiding landfall.

Hurricane False Alarm and Mass Shootings

While we prepped for a possible hurricane, others faced mass shooters. The best time to be prepared is now because you never know.
Scenes like this are common along the rivers and creeks that flooded during Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Prep – Is it Happening Again?

One year after Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Imelda looms. Here's what we are doing to prepare for it -- just in case.
This is a cluster of three intertwined fallen trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Helene

Eight Down, a Few Hundred to Go

Hundreds of fallen trees litter our land, making parts of the mountain impassible. We got some help removing some of the trees that blocked our access road.
This is the exterior portion of our heat pump after we dug it out, straightened it out, and the service technician used a stiff brush to clean off the enclosure.

Six Weeks After Helene, the Recovery Continues

Now that we have resolved the big problems that affected us post-Helene, we are able to tackle some of the smaller ones.
A building on the edge of the flood plane damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Five Weeks After the Deluge

It's been five weeks since Hurricane Helene roared ashore and dumped somewhere up to 30 inches of rain on the Appalachians. We still aren't over it, but we're moving on.
Dried goods for your prepper pantry. Photo by Aaron Doucett on Unsplash.

Top-Off Preps: Eight Things to do at the Last Minute

If you had 12 to 48 hours advanced warning for a disaster struck, what steps would you take to finalize your preps and get ready to survive?
One of many debris piles left when the flood waters receded.

 Hurricane Recovery Snippets

A view from ground zero a month after Helene hit the Appalachians. There's still lots of damage, physical as well as emotional.
Electrical power lines

Our Grid Power is Back!

The other night at dinner, my phone chimed. It was a message saying grid power had been restored. After confirming this was the case,...
I didn't want to feature real people, so this is an AI-generated version of what a relief center looked like. There really was piles of canned goods, but the people weren't as well dressed nor had they done their hair due to the lack of water and electricity.

Donations, Guilt, Pride and Embarrassment

Donations pour into the areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene, but some of us have a hard time accepting help.
Scenes like this are common along the rivers and creeks that flooded during Hurricane Helene.

Video of Hurricane Aftermath

To get an idea of what things look like in the valley between mountains after Helene, take a look at the video in this post.
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