10/09/2026
Rollcall! Where is everyone located who are in the path of Hurricane Isaias so we can keep you in our prayers!?
Even though we are not in the direct path of Hurricane Isaias we are still expecting some significant rain and flooding 😵💫 I know it won't be as bad as Hurricane Helene was for our state but we are still praying for the counties west of us 🙏 luckily the flash flooding and mud slides that took alot of lives and livelihood of alot of people were not in our county but close enough to cause anguish. We have a river here in our county nirth of us that had its course changed and till this day still doesn't have as much flow behind it because of all the displaced sand. We still have a large tree down acrossed our creek we were never able to cut to remove, a few friends came over with their chainsaws and we got as many big branches off and out of ours and our neighbors yard as we can but the whole tree trunk is still there. Now the kids like to walk on it but 2yrs ago it was a shocking site. Anytime we get a good amount of torrential downpour in a short amount of time the creek raises to flash flood state but this was way more powerful.
We were just north of the evacuation zone for our area of the river so we didnt have to evacuate but we did have alot of bank and soil erosion on our creek that runs through our property that feeds from the larger river. Its pretty crazy seeing your 2foot deep soft flowing creek raise about 12ft up the embankment and turn into raging flash flood status.
We luckily in my house did not lose power so we were the hub for friends who did; showers, air mattress sleep overs and hot food. Trust me I know how to cook for an army and love having a house full of friends lol
One thing ill never forget is some of my kids friends were without power for almost 2 weeks. 4 girls sleeping in a running car in random parking lots to keep the smaller kids comfortable. They didnt want to bother anyone. I told my son to tell those babies to come home and stay until they got power back. Sweet girls slept and ate and watched Disney movies the whole week they stayed here. Trying to get up and get out during the day and not come back till the evening, to not be too much of a burden, which they werent at all.
But it makes you think the oldest was 18 and the youngest was 13, and ohhhhh how sometimes we think teenagers are "grown", but those babies just wanted to watch disney movies the whole time. It really stuck with me that their parent didnt really worry about where they were or what they were doing the days on end they didnt come home during a time of local emergency. The oldest of the kids was 18 and just trying her best to be the adult to keep the younger ones comfortable during a time of panic. She was just a baby too....
Luckily we had a few large trees down and some roof damage and leaks that the insurance took care of 6months later. But alot of others weren't as fortunate.
My mom likes to say we are in our own little bubble because when storms roll through and everyone else loses power we dont, and alot of the time the worst parts of storms or the few tornadoes we get go just north of us😌🙃🫣 I like to think its because I'm the most powerful weather enchantress and I put a bubble of protection over my whole street 🤣😂 dont catch me outside doing the rain dance 🤭 just kidding lol
But still all jokes aside alot of people are still unaccounted for, alot of people who lost everything still havent been able to rebuild. Government relief efforts were horrible and the local emergency services and CajunArmy were amazing during rescue efforts doing as much as they could with such little to work with. People were living in tents and shelters with absolutely nothing to their names and then came the cold. This storm happened right at the beginning of our fall season and soon enough the cold fronts started rolling in where it would dip into the 40s and 50s at night. Some nights even lower. Stories of people being found deceased due to wet cold exposure from being in a tent has always stuck with me.
Me and a friend at on Instagram started knitting beanie hats to send west. I collected blankets and jackets and some gloves and other items to help victims with the cold and sent them west with a local business that was taking supplies and food trucks west to help the impacted. Unfortunately due to lack of volunteers alot of the supplies never made it to victims and sat in donation centers wasting away. We can only hope our efforts helped someone.
Right now there's alot of worried chatter about flooding and mudslides west of us with the rain coming from Hurricane Isaias. Worry about our neighbors in Henderson and Ashe and other counties who are still trying to recover from Helene.
All we can do is prepare and keep our heads up. What seems like just some rain for us may be alot mort impacting for those still struggling to recover.
We are sending love prayers to all our farm friends who are in the path of the storm closer to the gulf and keeping everyone in our thoughts as we know the weather only gets whackier every year.
