STORM UPDATE 6:45pm Wednesday, 10.7.15 Reality Strikes

 

 

 

11:30 pm

Went out on an errand today. Normally would take 15 minutes there and another 15 back. Took me almost 3 hours. First two main drags I took were both closed, with whole bridges out. Dams out. Ponds where I used to fish are now stumps, as dam after dam gave way.

The area I drove through looks like there’s been a mass eviction: everyone’s wet and ruined stuff is out on the curb. The mind can’t grab it. Everyone is stressed, it’s like an airborne disease.

UPS back to delivery today, after missing Monday and Tuesday. Betsy will be going back to work tomorrow, after three days off. I keep on doing what I’m doing. Just helped Jochen in Germany come to see and orient to our shared True Nature.

Death toll has risen to 15 and it will rise further–people are still missing. I expect this to be my last report.

The American Red Cross has been very helpful. Contributions to them would of course be welcome.

12:15am Wednesday (new photos directly below; other photos lower down)

The sun came out today, but what it shined down on wasn’t pretty. Hundreds of roads have been washed out, and more than a hundred bridges have been washed away. And this is just in my county. Death count has risen to at least twelve, and probably will rise.

The Fred and Betsy unit/characters have been in overwhelm, like low level shock. Our entire world shifted over the course of a single night. It will be months and probably years before the state will be back to what we think of as normal. “Normal”, of course, has now shifted to mean “crazy-bizarre”.

The Fred and Betsy units can both report being “spacey and listless” as they seem to move about in slow motion, or as if they are under water. I, meaning Awakeness, have been fine throughout. Curious, but unruffled. Nor can I find anything wrong. In the absence of a story about what should be going on, I am left with What Is.

The funny thing about What Is, is that once you see it clearly, you can also see that there’s no alternative to it; it couldn’t be another way. Everything Is As It Is. Sessions continue as usual. Woke up Andrew in Australia today. Unborn, Unbound, Untouched.

Our water came back on late this afternoon. It’s not yet drinkable, but we can bathe and flush, which is wonderful. I bought bottled water prior to the crisis. Thank goodness. This too will pass.

All love,

Fred

See the yellow line? This is a picture of what used to be a busy road.

This road gave way right after this tractor trailer’s front wheels rolled over it. It’s astonishing the driver could stop the truck when he did. He must have been crawling along in the heavy rain.

Hopefully this guy made it out. So far we know that 12 people did not.

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11:30pm Monday

Betsy had to try three different routes before she could find enough clear road to get here from her little house beside her parents’ place, which is 4 miles away, but she’s back home now, along with Willy and Jack. Roads are washed away all over the place. This area is going to be drastically affected for a very long time to come.

As I said elsewhere, “The difference between a curse and a blessing is timing.” Good stuff will come out of this. This not so chaotic as it appears.

From tonight’s new headline:

Forest Acres, SC (WLTX) –
Almost in unison, several dams in Richland County failed Monday, sending extra water rushing down on already flooded communities.

 

4:45pm Monday

Mass evacuation of one of the nicest areas in the city due to a dam breaking. It’s four or five miles from me. TV news said, “Get out, get out NOW. Your lives are in danger.” Nine deaths.

11:45am Monday

This is two blocks from my house. The water on this road is almost 5 feet deep.

This is what’s left of a BMW dealership about five miles away.

This is less than two miles away, right behind the VA, where Betsy works.

This is just a few blocks from my house.

Blocks away.

Five miles away, in a very upscale neighborhood.

Between my house and Betsy’s parents, where she’s stranded from our home.

A main drag about five miles away.

7:15pm EDT Sunday

I’ve been watching local video. Curfew in effect from 6pm to 6 am. Damage is unfathomable. My area received 20 inches of rain in 36 hours–16 of that in 12 hours. Rain is slowing, water starting to subside. Rivers will crest in a day or two.

The content of the arising is changing. That which views it remains unchanged. Unborn, unbound, untouched. Thank you for all of your loving emails. All is well. All Is As It Is.

Love,

Fred

3:40pm EDT

You’ll find my earlier update below. Just finished the Self Realization class by the skin of my teeth! Power went out when I still had 30 minutes left. Incredibly, I installed a 30 minute battery backup system about 10 days ago, and it worked!

Power is now back on, but my water is out. I bought 10 gallons of water the day this thing started, just in case. All things considered, I’m in really good shape. All is well, just like usual, only different. Dickens and I will be bachelors for the night.

Earlier today

I’m getting some concerned email, so I thought to give you guys an update on what they are now calling a “Thousand Year Flood”. The Self-Realization Course class that’s scheduled for 1:00pm EDT remains a “go” at this point.

I am okay, and so is Betsy, although she went to her little house beside her parents’ place very early and now cannot get back home. A major flood area now lies between us at the bottom of a major hill. In some places cars are floating down roads; I’ve seen chairs floating out of restaurants. Water is almost to the roof of some businesses and several buildings in that area have completely collapsed. Betsy heard newscasters talking about water reaching the bottom of billboards.

It’s gotten much worse in the last few hours–12 inches in the last 12 hours alone–and is destined to get worse before it gets better. I’m watching live TV feed on the Internet; it’s unbelievable. My landlord, who is also the first guy I ever woke up, called to check on me. Two blocks away from me a road is a river, but that’s lower ground. Smaller dams and bridges in the area have broken.

Right now I’m watching footage from about two and a half miles from here where first responders in a motor boat are picking up apartment dwellers. I’m told that almost the entire state is in this situation, and its worse on the coast than it is here.

I-26 around Charleston is closed. It’s difficult to impossible to get either in or out of the city. 32 miles of I-95 have been closed and secondary roads are being washed out. At least one county has declared a curfew for the next four nights. Hundreds of people are awaiting evacuation or rescue. It is a still-developing natural disaster.