The nice lady doing the narration has sat at our kitchen table a couple of times....they are hard working, highly-respected folks, who made a good name for farming wherever they went. The video will just break your heart if you love the land, the animals, and the people who care for them. It is long, but do watch.....
Hurricane Irene Aftermath: One Farmer's Story from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.
So much suffering. Hard to watch without crying.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to save this.
ReplyDeleteFeeling a little fragile.
Seems everyone I know is in crisis.
As I type . . even have a neighbor in brain surgery.
Dang.
It's heartbreaking, as you said. Difficult to watch. Having lived in flood country in the Midwest for so many years, it's a familiar tale; seen it too many times.
ReplyDeleteI know some people who were down there helping out right afterward. From what they tell me, the video, as sad as it is, is nowhere near as horrific as the reality.
ReplyDeleteGod, it's horrible.
If you haven't experienced it, I think it is just beyond what you can imagine! The sad part is the rain seems to keep coming. We are the opposite of Texas they get the draught and we get the flooding. I saw the warnings and watches on the news this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteDani, it is simply heart wrenching and it is just the tip of the ice burg. So many people have lost every single thing they have and some folks have even lost family. So sad
ReplyDeleteCathy, sorry to read about your neighbor. These are challenging times it seems. You take care, good friend.
Rev. Paul, I am so sad for them and for so many who have lost so much. Many of these communities and farms have stood since the area was settled, well before the Revolution. This was one heck of a flood.
June, I have heard the same thing from folks who have gone down there to help. It is mind boggling to have a whole region simply gone. I think about going out to buy my winter carrots, or apples from a farm stand down the road, only to remember that the carrots are gone, the farm stand is gone...in one case the farmer is gone too...I don't guess it will ever be the same again. So sad..
Lisa, the rain is so depressing. Day after day after day. Alan was chopping the other day when I took those pics and he was bogging right down in mud almost up to the top of the tires. He could barely go without stalling the tractor or getting stuck. And this is on the slate ground in the front of the farm. I hate to think what it is in back. People are saying to stock up on food before winter and I think it is real good advice.
And we think we have had problems through the years!
ReplyDeleteAnon, really puts things in perspective
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