Images from Hurricane Helene

October 2, 2024 / Marcia Meara / 31 Comments

Saw these images earlier and thought I would share, for those who have no idea just how horrifying a hurricane can be. Some of them astonished ME, and I’ve lived in “Hurricane Country” all my life. I hope we don’t see another like Helene for a long, long time!

Chimney Rock & Asheville North Carolina were hit exceptionally hard. See for yourself:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/weather/hurricane-helene-path-of-destruction-climate-dg/index.html

Hurricane Passed Us By!

September 27, 2024 / Marcia Meara / 39 Comments

Florida Says “Goodbye, Helene … and Good Riddance!!”

Thankfully, Mark and I in Sanford (and my son & family in Gainesville) got nothing from Hurricane Helene but some rain as it passed through our part of Florida on its way much farther north. We were incredibly lucky. Many folks along Helene’s route didn’t fare nearly as well, and so far, the loss of life totals 43! My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone thanks to this storm, and to those whose homes have been damaged. Praying those numbers do NOT continue to increase as the storm continues northward!

#InspirationBoardSunday #SundayBlogShare A Dark and Stormy Night

April 17, 2016April 17, 2016 / Marcia Meara / 13 Comments

It was a dark and stormy night . . .

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. . . at sea . . .

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. . . on another planet .

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There’s a reason “a dark and stormy night” is such a cliché, you know–there’s hardly a more dramatic setting imaginable–so I thought it would be fun to share some storm images with you today. I suspect there’s inspiration to be found amid these pictures, and I hope you enjoy looking through them. (But you might want to use a different opening line when you start your own dark and stormy tale . . . if you want to be taken seriously, that is.) Check ’em out and let your imagination soar.

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