We are Fine

Several of you have called or emailed wondering if the flooding and severe weather has affected Clyde and me. We are fine - weary of the gray skies and water everywhere but other than that Okay. Others we know are not doing nearly as well. Because we live in Aquidneck Island and actually live in Middletown - the high ground of the island - we are not affected like their rest of the state or even others on Newport and Portsmouth. We have members in our stake that have their basements flooding but I have not heard if any of our stake members were among the evacuees. Schools are closed, universities and even the state offices were shut down today because sewage treatment plants are failing. It is wiser to keep people home rather than spread them over the state and thus put pressure on the the roads, sewage and electricity in areas that are struggling. This is worse than any hurricane that has ever hit. We are pretty well saturated. Our yard around the apartment is a swamp and there are places where the road and lawns are one - curb and all. Today is drying out a bit. It has been misting today but no heavy rain. Hopefully no more rain until we dry out completely. Please pray for those that are struggling. Our economy is tanked anyway and to have this happen on top of it - I cannot imagine what will happen to some of the people now. One woman they interviewed said she was trying to sell her house, doing everything she was supposed to do to move from Rhode Island and take a job in another state. Now her house is underwater and she felt like her prospects for a future were with her house. Pretty sad. You don't realize how blessed you are until see others so close struggling so hard.