I was just in the area in the first of August and I could see how flooding
could be a problem. I notice many areas was a marsh. ( I went to Jamestown
and all I could see was it was surounded by swamp, No wonder the Pilgriams
had a rough time and moved north to Williamsburg higher ground.)
Russell Rice
Anchor Of Hope Ministries
Lebanon Ohio
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Subject: [RR] Floyd
> All,
>
> Jonathan Conti and Mike Burke have asked for prayer for the victims of
Floyd.
> Allow me to reiterate that. Myself and three other commanders went to ANTC
> this weekend. We left on Thursday morning and drove through torrential
rains
> all the way to Maryland. We all, except for one who was single, left our
> families in the capable hands of well-trained GMA sons and JLTC sons.
There
> were originally about 17 from this area attending, so 11 elected to stay
> home. We all had peace about going. I can't explain that to anyone. We
just
> did.
> Our area is rather odd when it comes to weather.
> Three large rivers (the James, York, & Elizabeth), the Chesapeake Bay, the
> Atlantic Ocean, land that varies from low marshland to rolling hills to
> farmland, and cities.
> Because of this variety one end of town can be deluged while the other is
> sunny and clear.
> My city, Newport News, and the neighboring city of Hampton got some
flooding,
> power outages, and some wind damage. The small town of Poquoson (carved
> virtually out of marshland), which ALWAYS floods........didn't.
> I'm not sure about southside (south of the James River- cities of Norfolk
and
> Va. Beach, etc.). I DO know that Portsmouth, VA's water supply was
> contaminated and the citizens have to boil all drinking water.
> Also, the city of Franklin, where my brother lives, was flooded out by the
> Blackwater River- the whole downtown area is under 9 to 12 feet of water.
I
> have not heard from my brother Lynn and the phones there are not working.
> Many of the people whom I work with at Newport News Shipbuilding live in
> North Carolina (about 45 minutes to 2 hours away) and some of them have
not
> been able to get home since Friday as the bridges to their locations are
> either washed out or inaccessible due to washed out roads.
> If, in my enthusiasm at graduating from ANTC, I have appeared callous to
> these situations, please understand that is not the case. I cannot get to
my
> brother and he does not know the Lord.
> Please pray for us.
> Many who have a prophetic gift have warned and warned for years that we
were
> due a hit from one of these storms. Maybe we came to rely too much on Pat
> Robertson and others praying it back out to sea (which HAS happened). I
> believe many have received a wake up call.
>
> Ad Dare Sevire,
> Gary "Burn'n Heart" Rothwell
> Sr. Cdr.
> Outpost 59, Potomac District
> Warwick Assembly
> Hampton, VA
> ++++++++<<"Oh, to be a dead man
walking.">>++++++++
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