Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is Hurricane Helene.

I mentioned in yesterday's post that at the time it was written, we did not have power. We went on to be without power and water for three days, just getting it restored Sunday

afternoon.

We are among the more fortunate ones.

Thousands of people across the southeast are still without power, and many will be without

power for another month.

Though we suffered some damage to our property and lost about a dozen,

100-year-old trees, we are good. No complaints here.

The devastation in some areas is horrific, absolutely catastrophic.

Here's a recap as of today. Hurricane Helene roared ashore

late Thursday in Florida's Big Bend region as a category four hurricane with 140 miles per hour,

225 kilometers per hour winds. A storm surge led to catastrophic damage along

Florida's Gulf Coast, with the Big Bend region seeing the highest inundation, which exceeded 15

feet. Cities such as Tampa and Clearwater Beach saw their highest storm surge level in decades.

Officials warned that rebuilding from the widespread loss of homes and property would be lengthy

and difficult. Storm upended life throughout the southeast. Torrential rainfall from the remnants of

Hurricane Helene capped off three days of extreme, unrelenting precipitation, which left

catastrophic flooding and unimaginable damage in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains

and foothills. It was close to a worst-case scenario for western North Carolina. As seemingly

limitless tropical moisture enhanced by interactions with the high

terrain yielded some of the highest rainfall totals followed by some of the highest

river levels and the most severe flooding ever observed across the region. The North Carolina Department of Transportation

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