Hurricane Irene

[Megan7]

May God Bless you & your children!
I loved your story! Thank you.
You seem to be living the FAITH already!
I am glad you & your family are OK!

I pray that you will be able to take Holy Communion/Eucharist soon! What a Blessing!
Stay safe & dry,
Take care,
PAX,

Megan

Thank you Lord for bringing us through.

I had Catholic radio on and my 13 and 17 year old daughters came to sleep with me in my bed.

The radio had on the sung Divine Mercy chaplet and that was comforting to them. I am sure they were praying “have mercy on us”.

Also, I went to use the bathroom and I had my rosary on my bed. When I came back I couldn’t find it in the dark.

Guess where it was? Around my 13 year old’s neck? She is the one who loves to say, “Mom! We’re not Catholic!” But she said to me I had my cross around my neck and she wanted the rosary.

Father, please help those affected by flooding in our area and I pray for those who had to be evacuated, that they will be back soon in their homes.

Thank you for our government’s preparations.

Amen.

 

[Teelynn]

Thank you Lord for bringing us through.

I had Catholic radio on and my 13 and 17 year old daughters came to sleep with me in my bed.

The radio had on the sung Divine Mercy chaplet and that was comforting to them. I am sure they were praying “have mercy on us”.

Also, I went to use the bathroom and I had my rosary on my bed. When I came back I couldn’t find it in the dark.

Guess where it was? Around my 13 year old’s neck? She is the one who loves to say, “Mom! We’re not Catholic!” But she said to me I had my cross around my neck and she wanted the rosary.

Father, please help those affected by flooding in our area and I pray for those who had to be evacuated, that they will be back soon in their homes.

Thank you for our government’s preparations.

Amen.

She instinctively knows where her security is…in the prayer of the gospels given to us by our Blessed Mother. I have been praying for all involved, also praying for a lessening of Irene’s impact. Yep, prayer is POWERFUL!!

 

[Roselle]

Read that on Jackson Heights in Queens not much wind or rain was experienced.

““Howling” Winds? “Pounding” Rain? Not In Jackson Heights”

blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/08/28/howling-winds-pounding-rain-not-in-jackson-heights/

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

Read that on Jackson Heights in Queens not much wind or rain was experienced.

““Howling” Winds? “Pounding” Rain? Not In Jackson Heights”

blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/08/28/howling-winds-pounding-rain-not-in-jackson-heights/

It varied from neighborhood to neighborhood. Elmhurst, Queens, was badly hit, my mother in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, experienced a great deal of wind but not heavy rain, my wife in Gravesend, Brooklyn, near the evacuation area just had a nasty storm.

What is imprtant is that the city and Mayor Bloomberg reacted appropriately. There’s a man who ought to be President.

 

[iamrefreshed]

What is imprtant is that the city and Mayor Bloomberg reacted appropriately. There’s a man who ought to be President.

That’s just what Catholics should be against. Another Democratic leader who thinks killing children is fine.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

That’s just what Catholics should be against. Another Democratic leader who thinks killing children is fine.

Except that he’s a Republican, and is an outstanding and competent leader. No accusations of “community organizer” or “never had to meet a payroll in his life” with Michael.

The important thing is how prepared the city was. The storm turned out to be less than catastrophic, but Bloomberg saw to it that it was prepared in case of a worst scenario.

 

[iamrefreshed]

Except that he’s a Republican, and is an outstanding and competent leader.

Outstanding leaders don’t think killing babies is fine.

He was a lifelong Democrat who changes parties like normal people change socks.

Whichever party he thinks suits his political aspirations at the time is the one he will join.

 

[stinkcat_14]

Whichever party he thinks suits his political aspirations at the time is the one he will join.

And this makes him different from all other politicians in the history of the United States in what way?

 

[iamrefreshed]

And this makes him different from all other politicians in the history of the United States in what way?

I never said it did.

 

[OrdinaryMelkite]

It varied from neighborhood to neighborhood. Elmhurst, Queens, was badly hit, my mother in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, experienced a great deal of wind but not heavy rain, my wife in Gravesend, Brooklyn, near the evacuation area just had a nasty storm.

What is imprtant is that the city and Mayor Bloomberg reacted appropriately. There’s a man who ought to be President.

I Don’t think so, Rich. Leaving aside the Pro-Choice aspect of his beliefs, he is for big government, is secular when it comes to religion, passed then draconian anti-smoking bill which most New Yorkers despise, and gives in t politically correct interest groups way too often.

 

[mellowcalico]

Thank you Lord for bringing us through.

I had Catholic radio on and my 13 and 17 year old daughters came to sleep with me in my bed.

The radio had on the sung Divine Mercy chaplet and that was comforting to them. I am sure they were praying “have mercy on us”.

Also, I went to use the bathroom and I had my rosary on my bed. When I came back I couldn’t find it in the dark.

Guess where it was? Around my 13 year old’s neck? She is the one who loves to say, “Mom! We’re not Catholic!” But she said to me I had my cross around my neck and she wanted the rosary.

Father, please help those affected by flooding in our area and I pray for those who had to be evacuated, that they will be back soon in their homes.

Thank you for our government’s preparations.

Amen.

What a lovely story. I am glad you and your daughters are okay!

In my area we got mainly rain and power outages. 700,000 people were without power on Sunday morning, but that’s been reduced to about 80,000 this morning. We also had some trees fall down and smash cars and houses.

My 7-year-old daughter was so terrified. It didn’t help that we heard about an little boy in the southern part of the state that was killed in his bedroom by a tree. She was nearly hysterical with crying in fear.

She had a reading class on Saturday at the local university that wasn’t canceled. I found out earlier that day, they held a Catholic mass in the chapel on Saturday evening, right after her class ended. It was rainy and windy at that point, but we were still a couple of hours from the main part of the storm so we went to the chapel on campus. I told her to ask the priest for a blessing to help keep her safe during the hurricane and she did–that calmed her down. We went home right after the short Mass, and the storm started picking up after that, but she stayed calm after the blessing (although she slept in my bed that night).

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

Outstanding leaders don’t think killing babies is fine.

He was a lifelong Democrat who changes parties like normal people change socks.

I’m a normal person and I change my socks every day. Are you claiming that he changes parties daily???

Whichever party he thinks suits his political aspirations at the time is the one he will join.

So what?

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

I Don’t think so, Rich. Leaving aside the Pro-Choice aspect of his beliefs, he is for big government, is secular when it comes to religion, passed then draconian anti-smoking bill which most New Yorkers despise, and gives in t politically correct interest groups way too often.

You have one opinion of him, I another. Why not?

 

[Desertmesa]

What a lovely story. I am glad you and your daughters are okay!

In my area we got mainly rain and power outages. 700,000 people were without power on Sunday morning, but that’s been reduced to about 80,000 this morning. We also had some trees fall down and smash cars and houses.

My 7-year-old daughter was so terrified. It didn’t help that we heard about an little boy in the southern part of the state that was killed in his bedroom by a tree. She was nearly hysterical with crying in fear.

She had a reading class on Saturday at the local university that wasn’t canceled. I found out earlier that day, they held a Catholic mass in the chapel on Saturday evening, right after her class ended. It was rainy and windy at that point, but we were still a couple of hours from the main part of the storm so we went to the chapel on campus. I told her to ask the priest for a blessing to help keep her safe during the hurricane and she did–that calmed her down. We went home right after the short Mass, and the storm started picking up after that, but she stayed calm after the blessing (although she slept in my bed that night).

Nice story your shared MellowCalico about your experience with your daughter. I liked reading True Light’s story of her children, and the rosary too.
Looks like Vermont really got hit hard too with the flooding problem’s. Some of the video’s of the isolated town’s there that are cut off was heart wrenching.
God Bless you, and all folks experiencing hardship’s from the storm’s aftermath.

 

[gilliam]

Tropical Depression TWELVE

nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

 

[meltzerboy]

Lots of News on the Low-Line area’s of the city. Are you out of their for the weekend? Not in an evacuation area are you? All day Sunday for NYC. Almost 400 mile’s wide. 180 on each side. Still 115 mph winds, thats up their.

Gloria in 85 I remember.

Peace

Thanks for your concern, Gary. I survived, not being in a low-lying area and needing to evacuate. Downtown Manhattan and parts of New Jersey got hit pretty hard, I hear. And Vermont with those terrible floods! Most power outages in Queens. Hope you and yours are well.

 

[gilliam]

Irene is now among the 30 deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history; damage could top $12 billion. Latest: on.wsj.com/qBPJHe

City of Poughkeepsie remains under state of emergency - Additional overnight flooding has led to… ow.ly/1esInG

 

[iamrefreshed]

I’m a normal person and I change my socks every day. Are you claiming that he changes parties daily???

So what?

Yeah, let’s concentrate on socks and ignore the fact that you wholheartedly support an outspoken supporter of abortion as an ideal person to lead this country. I will never understand how Catholics justify that stance.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

Thanks for your concern, Gary. I survived, not being in a low-lying area and needing to evacuate. Downtown Manhattan and parts of New Jersey got hit pretty hard, I hear. And Vermont with those terrible floods! Most power outages in Queens. Hope you and yours are well.

My family, in two different areas of Brooklyn, said that they experienced only a strong storm. Greenwich, CT friends whose home is right on the Sound, had to evacuate. All a roll of the dice between flooded homes and just a bit of nastiness.

Glad you were safe.

 

[Samson01]

Expedited declarations for individual Federal assistance in counties of NC and NY just declared.