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Twoapenny:
Lighter, I'm so sorry you've got all of this horror and devastation around you to deal with.  Awful combination of practical here and now problems along with loss, worry and long term rebuilding/regrouping issues.  Terrible things for people to deal with, and people will experience things differently.  I'm glad you're avoiding solving other people's situations when there are others that can deal with it.  I hope in amongst it all you're able to get some clear head space to help your own internal system settle a bit and I hope some sort of 'normal' appears now, at least until people have clearer long term plans in place xx

sKePTiKal:
Dissociation is correct Lighter; and shock. The storm terror is usually not the worst. It's the recognition and attempt to accept the aftermath, when the worst reactions set in.

One thing I'm now aware of, is the conflicting information that's coming out - and the spinning of that into narratives. SIGH. Now is NOT the time. Helps no one. But the good news is that there IS a large amount of help in the area now and it IS getting better. I hope that brings some comfort. It's simply a matter of time before the basics of "normal" return - roads, bridges, power & water. Yeah, a lot of people will be "camping" till then.

Walmart send over 40 truckloads of supplies into the area. Corps of engineers are already getting to work on the bridges. Locals are handling tree clearing, cleaning the mud off the roads, filling in the washes. It's "all hands on deck" to keep people clean & fed... and keep looking for survivors who may not be able to keep going much longer. (Some will be able to keep on.) The cavalry's there, Lighter. It's just time & work now.

You get some rest, some pug time. That will help.

Hopalong:
Oh, Lighter.
You are flooded yourself, with terror images and disasters and other people leaning on you.

This is self-care time. Whatever you sense would help yourself right now, do that. There's no way you won't be making a difference to others and in your community going forward, but the oxygen mask has to go on you first. I'm glad you have water back. With water, and wood for heating, you are safe.

Amber, one of the more informative things I've seen is this from a river guide and rescue (now recovery) worker who knows what is happening locally, and what has happened. I think I'll remember this scene forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag-hb45J6MQ

Words don't work well in the face of what's happening, but hearts are sending.

hugs,
Hops

Hopalong:
Amber, you're probably already all over this author's books, but I think you'll feel understood by her views on Appalachian culture. Since yours are the same. Good short read here:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/06/barbara-kingsolver-demon-copperhead-jd-vance-holding-the-line

hugs
Hops

lighter:
It's the images of people and animals fighting for their lives in the raging waters.  It's the image of them losing the fight in mudslides....and I can't tell what's going to trigger it. 

I hav to stop asking people how the hurricane effected them, in areas where they're relatively unaffected, bc listening to 3 minutes about a tree rocking itself out of wet soil, that hit nothing, is definitely a self inflicted  trigger I can stop pulling.

DD22 and I ran to nearby (nearby, bc tummy troubles,)Asian market and bookstore we've loved since she was small.
It was a lovely respite from reality.

Another Hurricane bearing down on Florida.  Lord have mercy.

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