Very Sad

[kyredneck]

I was just a few miles from you. What a miserable three weeks. No electricity, gas, or phone. I have been through a hurricane also, and would rather clean up after the hurricane. At least it is warm.

After we lost power about 8 pm that night, I stood out in the yard about 2 am. Every few seconds, one could hear the creak of a large branch breaking, then BAM!!!.

I relate, in 94 we went 7 days without electricity (whew, three weeks that's tough) because of an ice storm. It literally sounded like a war going on off in the distance from all the trees and branches breaking down to the ground (lots of forest here), it was nonstop for a while.

Yep, we were here. Pretty grim, but it brought out the best in folks. Thanks for helping, it was really needed.

Indeed it did bring out the best in folks here where I lived, we were all taking care of one another, my neighbors came down and stayed a couple nights with us until we got some heat going for them, we went from house to house with a generator to run furnaces and sump pumps, we cleared roads and driveways of trees and limbs, and pulled cars from ditches, and, well, whatever was in front of us we did! And we're all the much closer now for it! But, this is a religious community, probably ten Churches within a 2 mile radius of my house.

 

[Thomas Helwys]

I am going to miss Arbo, as he was one of the most stable and civil posters here on BB. From his posts, it is hard to tell why he felt compelled to leave other than he said he had done the work of the Lord some harm. He was one of the few friends I have in this forum.

All I can say, IMO, using the same standard, there are many who should have gone before him.

I have not participated here in a while. I realized it was pointless to argue with "know-it-all" idiots on the internet whose main method of debate is to call anyone who disagrees with them a heretic.

Funny that you, Icon, and EWF are three of my best friends here, even though we disagree on many things, while some of those I agree with the most are simply jerks.

This used to be my favorite place to post. Of late, it has become unedifying.