Negative crap!

 Pic of the day;

 

Lake Lure , NC, formally a beautiful clear mountain lake!

 For today:

When life has stepped on you and you feel like ‘crap’, life takes on a different color, meaning, shape and size.

I must be careful not to read negative junk, but I forget and do anyway.

Our home state of North Carolina’s beautiful mountains, was devastated recently by the rains from a hurricane.  It was not enough that areas were DESTROYED, but some fools have to start ‘conspiracy theories’ concerning politics and make it worse.

“THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT HELPING”

“ARMED PARTIOTS ARE SEARCHING FOR FEMA WORKERS”

“DEAD BODIES EVERYWERE AND THE GOV’T WON’T ALLOW ANY ONE TO HELP”

IT GOES ON... Now even stories that the Democrats caused the storm so the Gov’t could get the minerals on private lands. Gov’t is already confiscating the land and running people off their lands!!! 

AND SOME PEOPLE REPEAT AND BELIEVE THIS CRAP!!!

I have a neice and good friend who were there, almost immediately, to help along with FEMA and others.

The churches in NC and all over were there ASAP with water, clothes and food. The stores in central NC were emptied of supplies within hours, being gathered, for transport to the devastation.

Sherry and I are very familiar with the area of Lake Lure and Chimney Rock, we lived a couple years about 10 miles from there. We even spent our one-night honeymoon on the shores of Lake Lure. 

Seeing the photos of the devastation breaks our hearts. BUT the JUNK on the net and (anti) social media makes me even sicker.

I have said it a thousand times. This is a great country. NO country would respond better than this country to disasters. Sherry and I have had the privilege to assist in reccovery of a big hurricane in the Mississippi area.

We learned things, Yes there are still places like Walmart, Pizza hut, Revco, Walgren etc., not destroyed, BUT they have no workers. We waited in line once at a Waffle House when served, the young lady had never had a job before and had a tough time as a waitress, but she got the job done under tough conditions.

IT finally hit us, These places have FEW employees left. Employees had lost homes, were hurting and many had left the area to live with family in other towns. CVS (all businesses) cannot operate without employees!!! Imagine a superWalmart with one cash register and he is the manager.

I despise that attitudes and approaches have dumbed down to ‘you against me.’ ‘Friend against friend.’ I read something a high profile lady said on TV “WE (the USA) are better than this!”

And we are, we should show it. God has been good to us.

 

Nite Shipslog

PS 

Thanks for all the comments. It gives a boost to my self-pity, I have never needed that too much; but I am climbing up from the bottom thanks to friends and prayers.