Re: Anybody else paranoid of storms after Helene?

I had 3 really big trees hit the house - thankfully, no major damage, but thought one had taken the back deck off. It actually shifted my house such that some doors became harder to open and close. That was the 2nd time I'd had multiple trees hit the house. Both times were early morning. It always seems to be early morning!! Both times were back on the corner where the Master Bedroom is.

I used to enjoy watching the storms blow through and the trees swaying with the wind. No more. Now all I see is giant blades waiting to slice through my house. We had several in the neighborhood that actually had that happen - repair work hasn't even started on them yet, it was so bad. I have a hard time sleeping soundly when these overnight storms blow through.

Had both cars totaled by hail damage a few years ago, too, from a March storm. Have had 2 new roofs in 10 years due to hail damage.

I guess there's always something somewhere to worry about, but I am very much over the windy thunderstorms and hail!

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Mar 4, 2025, 5:11 PM

I am a bit.

I live in Hickory, NC. Parts of the upstate got it worse than us, but I did have three large trees go down, a white oak and two hickories. They were in the 120 - 150 ft range. Thankfully, none damaged my house. Unfortunately, I was traveling for work during the storm, so my wife was all alone in the house watching these massive trees fall all around her. She was absolutely shell-shocked when I got home and PISSED at me, my company, the phone company, the internet company, etc. You name it, she was mad at it. Of course, by the evening she had processed everything and in a better head space. The whole ordeal cost me a sore back and about $6k, but obviously it was so much worse for so many people. I have had the chance to do some (a little) relief work in Old Fort, and man, it is crazy to think that Helene is just a memory for me while folks just one hour west of me are still living in temporary housing and have zero money to rebuild.

Kind of an aside... I'm not convinced that "God protected" me and my stuff. I think he created a universe with some randomness in it. Granted, it may only appear random to us because we cannot ascribe cause, but I don't think so. Sometimes bad #### just happens to people for no reason and sometimes bad #### doesn't happen to people for no reason. As Jesus said, it rains on both the righteous and unrighteous. I suppose the sun also shines on both, and I don't know why. Not sure that really matters, but man, if I had no money, no insurance and a pile of giant trees laying where my house used to be, I might get pissed at God if I heard he protected someone who has insurance and a house. Of course, I did begin my fourth sentence with "thankfully". Thankful to who, God? For protecting me and my stuff? I dunno, something to think about.

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Anybody else paranoid of storms after Helene?