Archives for September 2011

These were pictures BEFORE the river crested- so it got higher, but by that point, we were down in it hardcore, and didn’t get any pictures.  3 straight days with no sleep, and still….

I will post a few more pics tomorrow, of the cleanup.  I’m really, really tired now. 

I want to thank you guys for all your emails, comments, tweets, and FB comments of support and prayers at this difficult time.  And Closer to Lucy, who took over my page while I was cleaning up sludge and sorting out belongings- that was really sweet, thank you, even if you did invade my page   😛 

You guys are amazing, and thank you for being so sweet.  It’s nice to read all these encouraging messages when I get up from rolling around in sewage.  You can’t know what it means to me, thank you a million times. 

Peace and love, and see you tomorrow.
~Samantha

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Pictures from the morning of Day 2 of Irene….our street. 
Can anyone say “Venice”? 

Photos from Day 1 of the flood- before it got bad.  Boats in the street, and cars halfway under, and that is BEFORE it got bad.  I will post more as I can.  It’s really bad here- we lost a lot.  I’m super scared about what else we will find- we are pumping the last of the sewage and water out now, and my driveway and street are already full of lost items, belongings, furniture….I made videos from the days I was not able to post, and THANK YOU to Pam for posting an update for me.  Things are really, really bad here, I am shocked and kind of numb, and some of my friends and neighbors lost just about everything. 

We all had no power, internet, water, etc this whole time, no ability to use a bathroom, still have no gas, no power to half the house, and the smell is UNREAL.  It’s like living in a gas station bathroom. 
I didn’t upload anything yet- as you can tell, I have not had much time on my hands.  Thanks for your patience, and I will update you as much as I can. 

Tomorrow I will try to get more up, some photos and video from all the rest.  Thanks for bearing with me right now, I am super scattered and I know this is not the usual direction of the site- but I will get back to normal as soon as I can, and will try to get some fun things up for you all soon.  Sorry, ya’ll.
I hope none of  you are going through any of this crazy.  Peace and love.  And sorry for this weird post.