Burningbird
We’ve been through two major weather events in the last few months in Savannah: Debby and now Helene. Our home didn’t flood during Debbie, and didn’t lose power in either system since our subdivision has buried lines. We did have several hours of power cycling and had to turn major appliances off at the breaker […]
Some good news for Georgians impacted by Debby. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency has sent a package containing statewide damage assessments to the President, asking him to make a disaster declaration for Georgia. The value given was $20.7 million, barely passing the required minimum of $20 million for the state. But it does pass, and […]
People living across a state line from each other but impacted by the same disaster would receive drastically different help. Does this sound fair to you?
This morning, at the crack of dawn, I braved the heat and humidity to walk down to see the flooding on Chief of Love Road. A police car blocked one lane into the road, but folks could get around it to reach the non-flooded homes. However, cars were parked over the sidewalks in order to […]
The Ogeechee river still hasn’t fully crested yet in the Savannah area. All the roads around my home are now closed, either completely or to thru traffic. We’re not at risk of flooding, but others aren’t as lucky. River records were broken in Ellabell and Richmond Hill. And this with us getting only about 10 […]