Posts

It has been a little over 1 month ...

Image
It has been a little over 1 month ... It's been a little over one month and water is still the main issue when it comes to utilities. Most places already have Power and Internet back, but the water that finally started flowing through our pipes is still highly questionable. The city makes it quite clear the fact that everyone is under a boil water advisory. We get phone calls everyday from the city reminding us of that fact. We have heard of some folks who are, besides flushing and doing laundry, are also bathing in this water without any consequences. Also have heard from some folks who have tried using it for bathing and developed some, always mild, some kind of reaction for a brief period of time. We are all different in the ways our body reacts to different organisms so people who are a bit more sensitive, are still using water delivered by FEMA and other organization who are still in town to help with our reconstruction effort. As a matter of fact, despite what folks are sayin...
Post a Comment
Read more

Needed Steps for When Water Starts Flowing

The note above, we have all received. It is a list of steps one needs to take, not only to prevent health issues, but also, to prevent a house-wide system failure.  Please see the notice received this morning from Asheville Water Department regarding steps to be taken before and when water service is returned. The steps of what to do when the water service is returned came the way seen below. Mandatory System Wide City of Asheville Boil Water Notice 10-14-24  If you are receiving this message, you are under a Boil Water Notice.  The City of Asheville Water Resources Department has issued a  Boil Water Notice to all customers  due to loss of pressure in distribution system pipes and levels of turbidity (particles) in the water. A  Boil Water Notice  means there is contamination due to impacts from Hurricane Helene including the potential for untreated water in the distribution system from pipe breaks and levels of turbidity that exceed Safe Drinking Wat...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Simplest of Acts can go a Long Way

    We had a full day yesterday, oh boy! I was exhausted by days end. For some of you who may not know us personally, Steve and I have been trying to sell our house for the better part of 2024. A task that has proven more challenging than we expected. So on top of everything, there is that and sometimes, we have to remember that there are things we still need to take care of in out own lives...     Yesterday we have showings here in our own house, our car has been in the shop for regular scheduled maintenance for the past month (don't ask) but they called us last minute to tell us they had a loaner vehicle. We dropped everything to go get that! Then on to our friends place for laundry! Tim and David also suggested we could use their spare bathroom to take a shower with water that came through the pipes! Wow, hot water coming out of a shower head... It felt amazing... oh how quickly we forget. Hopefully soon, we will be able to do that in our ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Scouting Resources

    As I have already mentioned, there is so much help going around. It is truly amazing how this community has come together to help one another. Steve and I stopped at what it seems to us to be a large parking lot behind a gas station where they had tables setup with all kinds of goods. They had food, soaps, and paper products such as toilet paper and paper towels.      We spoke to a gentleman named Mike to ask if those items we were seeing was something that would be gone by the end of the day, or did they have enough that it would be okay for us to take some to someone in need. Mike, who was so kind to even offer a tour of what he called our "Heaven Warehouse" informed us that if we have someone to give it to, we would be welcome to take as much as we needed. These are resources we plan to also tap into to ensure our longevity as well. We intend to be of help to our community for as long as we keep receiving funds.
Post a Comment
Read more

We have a New Task Today

Image
   We finally finished setting up the water tank for our neighbors. There is water available and we have witnessed it being used a couple of times already! We have also received a donation generated by one of the neighbors benefiting from it.    10:27AM - Yesterday we heard of an apartment complex that houses disabled persons. The plan today is to go visit the complex and find out how we can help. We will keep you posted on what we find out.     Today at about 1PM we were able to visit the aforementioned apartment complex. Cecilia, a lovely lady who helps manage the complex received us in her office. She was happy to report that the current Manager, whose escapes me right now, but I have to come back here to correct that, is doing a wonderful job making sure they are fully supported for the time being. Not only they manage that facility, the manage 9 others around town and they are all well taken care of. She mentioned the National Guard is  ...
Post a Comment
Read more

A Very Productive Day

Image
   Yesterday was a very productive day that resulted in our 1st finished project.     Bt the way, we don't have a media team. Heck, we don't even have a team! YOU are our team! So please be patient when it comes to images and videos. It takes time to stop what we are doing to film it and to take a picture. As I mentioned before, Steve and I are the only sure boots on the ground (we are asking our friends to join us when we are on the road to meeting people to help), so if one person stops while trying to perform a task, we lose a set of hands and it delays us in reaching that goal for the day.    Yesterday I also received news that Bill, a very important person in my life has passed away. I am going to miss Bill very much. I am so grateful for having met Bill. Some people come into your life and add/share so much with you that you feel an infinite debt of gratitude to them. Bill is one of those people in my life. Thank you Bill for being such a good fr...
Post a Comment
Read more

What is a Donation?

  While thinking about putting this together, an avalanche of thoughts, ideas and fears flood one's mind. Lots of them are negative ands counter productive but a ton of them are... well not so much thoughts but day-dreams of how much good we can do if we get the help we need from our friends, family and beyond.   A very wise man used to say to me: "No good deed goes unpunished!". I used to hate hearing that because it told me of a world I didn't want to live in (I was 23 years old at that time). A world where people don't help each other in fear of negative unintended consequences. As I mature, I see the truth in that more and more and, it saddens me. Well, this time I am going to be stubborn and put that wise saying aside. However, this blog is a way to catalog and show to our contributors how their hard earned money is being spent.    Now, going back to the "Dreams". Asking people for help, especially money is such a difficult position to be in. One, b...
Post a Comment
Read more