68 people dead. Hurricane Floyd does billions in damage . . .
At least 41 people reportedly were killed in North Carolina alone, and damage is estimated at $1.3 billion, including another $1 billion in crop losses. At least 30,000 homes have been affected by the floodwaters, 1,600 of which are believed to have been damaged beyond repair. Agriculture officials expect Floyd to be one of the worst disasters ever to strike the Tar Heel state, potentially worse even than 1996's Hurricane Fran, which ultimately caused more than $6 billion in damages. "Many farms and agricultural businesses are a total loss," said state Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham.
More than 2.5 million chickens, 500,000 turkeys, and 100,000 hogs were killed in the flood. State officials have established collection points throughout eastern North Carolina, where the carcasses are then dispatched for incineration.
On Tuesday evening, Gov. Jim Hunt reiterated his appeal, made the day before with President Clinton, for all state residents to donate to the relief effort. "It is time to open our hands and our hearts to people who need help," he said. "They are at the low points of their lives. We must be their high ground."
On Tuesday afternoon, rescue divers made the grim discovery of the body of five-year-old Teshika Vines, which was located about 50 feet from the home of her grandparents. Teshika, her grandparents, mother and two other girls drowned last Thursday while trying to make their escape from rising floodwaters in a small boat.State and local officials also are being forced to collect disinterred coffins sucked from the ground by floodwaters. Although it is not uncommon for graveyards to be damaged by fast-moving floodwaters, it nevertheless adds to the already often-times gruesome work of rescue workers.
"It has become painfully clear that Hurricane Floyd, combined with Hurricane Dennis, is shaping up to be the worst disaster North Carolina has ever seen, and I hope we'll never see again," Richard Moore, state secretary of crime control and public safety, told The News & Observer .
The Bayside Prophecies tell us . . .
Storms, rotting
crops and famine . . .
Our Lady - "Storms shall ravage the shores; crops will rot in the
ground - famine. Insanity, from
sin, in the minds of the young. Murders. Who
shall govern your fine country, My children, in the future, as the pollution is
bending the stalks. Repent now of
your sin, for the hand of just punishment is being lowered upon you.”
(7-25-78)
They
will increase in intensity . . .
Our Lady – “Your seasons shall turn.
Upheavals of nature shall be more prevalent.
They will increase in intensity until mankind is brought to his knees.”
(2-1-78)
Tragedies
And Disasters Shall Increase . . .
Jesus - "Great elemental tragedies, disasters, manmade and God-sent upon mankind, shall increase in volume, shall increase in intensity and
numbers. Remember, My children, you
do not understand that supernatural, for there will be accidents that are not
accidents.” (5-26-79)
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