Hurricane Helene

Support The Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts

I am ridiculously busy this week, so all of my articles are ones penned long ago and just dusted off for this week. This article is also going to be shorter than I would like, but I just do not have the time.

Part of the reason why I am so busy is because of Hurricane Helene and the support efforts.

I do not think people understand the gravity of this situation:

Hurricane Helene death toll surpasses 160 as catastrophe leaves Southeast towns decimated

Helene is now the second-deadliest hurricane to strike the mainland U.S. in the last 55 years, topped only by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the most since Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in August 1969.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Harrowing stories of heartbreak and survival are emerging in the Southeast as recovery operations continue after Hurricane Helene made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast last week, leaving more than 160 people dead and hundreds missing.

Helene is now the second-deadliest hurricane to strike the mainland U.S. in the last 55 years, topped only by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the most since Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in August 1969.

At least 161 people have been confirmed dead in six states – Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. That number is expected to rise as first responders continue to search for survivors and gain access to communities that were isolated after the flooding.

The destruction is immense. 

Entire towns are still blocked off. People are still stranded. Corpses are still being found. Unsurprisingly, the federal government is failing miserably in any and all of their relief efforts. Private organizations, average people, and non-profits are doing all the real legwork.

Please:

1. Join a disaster support organization (Salvation Army, VOAD, etc.) if you are able.
2. If you cannot support in-person, then donate money to those who can. (GiveSendGo has many campaigns, as do other fundraisers or disaster-recovery groups)
3. If you are unable to support in-person or through donations, pray earnestly and often. Pray not just for physical aid, but for spiritual peace and grief support for those who lost everything.

There is significant destruction here for our people. Do something, whatever is within your ability given the above list.

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