(1) Thread: You (2020) can't keep a good woman down.
@tracybeanz is an accomplished citizen journalist (the kind who do actual free-and-fair journalism like in the old days) who just had a house fire. Her courage & grace are an example to us all.
@tracybeanz is an accomplished citizen journalist (the kind who do actual free-and-fair journalism like in the old days) who just had a house fire. Her courage & grace are an example to us all.
https://twitter.com/FreedomFriesInc/status/1329169757325520896
(2) Y'all know I don't do videos, & prefer to read... well, I just watched this 11 minute periscope (of course, keen to hear directly from her.)
God bless everyone who has been helping this family in ways large and small.
God bless everyone who has been helping this family in ways large and small.
https://twitter.com/tracybeanz/status/1328873605862572034
(3) I've seen house fires first hand, they escalate very, very quickly. As Tracy found, there's no use trying to go back in for essential items.
(4) Tracy also gave a shoutout for the Red Cross & Salvation Army. Every time I write about a hurricane, there are always folk bashing these charities, esp the Red Cross.
These two are ALWAYS ready to respond immediately to support the basics of life. I trust them.
These two are ALWAYS ready to respond immediately to support the basics of life. I trust them.
(5) We donate to them now, so they will be there when you or I need them, like Tracy did.
The Red Cross train for emergency response. They have the equipment, supplies and logistics to do it better than ad hoc volunteers can, at least initially.
The Red Cross train for emergency response. They have the equipment, supplies and logistics to do it better than ad hoc volunteers can, at least initially.
(6) After her broadcast, Tracy updated her GoFundMe page to explain the insurance issue. As a hurricane watcher, I can't tell you how incredibly common it is for our insurance policies to be insufficient, & we find out when it's too late.
No judgment here. Just love, & support.
No judgment here. Just love, & support.
(7) Being under-insured has happened to me, and it could happen to you. So let's learn from this and go check our policies today.
FEMA campaigns every year to remind folk to buy flood insurance: It's not a given in US home insurance policies.
FEMA campaigns every year to remind folk to buy flood insurance: It's not a given in US home insurance policies.
(8) It's kinda why I'm HW. I survived an earthquake in NZ in 2011 - 185 people in my city didn't.
The aftermath is still ongoing... Christchurch city is still being rebuilt. Trees have grown in some of the empty lots...
The aftermath is still ongoing... Christchurch city is still being rebuilt. Trees have grown in some of the empty lots...
(9) 2020 is still being a bitch to many people on an individual and collective scale. The fact is, 2021 will probably be hard work, too.
We can do it. We got this. Like Churchill said in 1940:
We can do it. We got this. Like Churchill said in 1940:
(10) If you're feeling downhearted, go watch Tracy's periscope video about the house fire she and her family had just survived.
Seek out morale boosting material. Churchill is my favorite, but whatever works for you.
You're in our prayers, @tracybeanz and fam.❤️🇺🇸
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Seek out morale boosting material. Churchill is my favorite, but whatever works for you.
You're in our prayers, @tracybeanz and fam.❤️🇺🇸
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(11) Addendum:
Tracy has provided further info & photos of the fire damage.
The amount raised so far is huge but please Tracy, accept it & use it for the good. There is "enough." Abundance works like that.
Tracy has provided further info & photos of the fire damage.
The amount raised so far is huge but please Tracy, accept it & use it for the good. There is "enough." Abundance works like that.
https://twitter.com/tracybeanz/status/1329093874443280387
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