http://k-nightfox.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] k-nightfox.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] nightfox 2012-11-03 04:03 am (UTC)

Arrgg!! Why they gotta make it so hard?? Maybe you could do it over the phone?

Honestly, though. Don't make yourself nuts. Any way you want to donate, it will get to people who need it.

My county (Burlington) is the largest county in the state, stretching from the Delaware river (which is a tidal river that was effected by the storm surge) all the way to the shore. I know that the local power outages are slightly worse in Camden county and even the power company itself has set up some local relief centers handing out water, ice and food to our residents who are without utilities.

We've had flooding in our county on the west side from the Delaware and it's tributaries and on the east side from the Ocean and bays.

I lucked out so, so much in all this. It turns out that my building is the ONLY building in my complex with power. Trees took out the lines to the rest of the complex and crashed down damaging many of the buildings around me. I took a walk through this afternoon and it really hit home just how lucky I am. I'm not particularly religious but it's almost as if the hand of God was specifically protecting my building! I am also thankful I'm no longer working as a home care nurse because I used to cover the whole dang county of Burlington. That would be a nightmare right now.

(LOVE your wtf icon btw! Where did you get that pic from?)

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