10/10/2024
I’ve been asked to post for many reasons. I have tried so many times but I have had a hard time sharing. I’m tired and heartbroken, but at the same time I’m full of energy and my heart is so full!
I will start with this post and will try to be better at sharing.
1. My home is gone. Everyone knows how very much I loved that place. The backyard with the grass, tree line, big deck hanging over the creek surrounded by the mountains. That was my spot. I was always at such a peace sitting there.
It’s no longer there. It was hard to go through the house after the storm, with layers of mud and water damage. We were able to save some items, and the other stuff we can get again. What has broken my heart is that the backyard is gone. You can’t rebuild that. There are very few that knows my full life story, but it’s been hard and in that backyard I had finally found my peace. I will find it again, but it has broken my heart.
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2. My DZ…. My beautiful tiny DZ. I have had a season for sure! You can’t even make up the stuff that keeps happening. It is safe and was spared through the hurricane. However, I can not finish the season. Even if the immediate area is still there and beautiful, As soon as you are up in the air you will see so much devastation. There is also so much to do that it just does not feel right. We will instead get together when we were supposed to to have the “Fall Vibes” and it would mean the world to me if you could camp out and help clean up some of the area. We will focus on next season. I will share info later.
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3. Supplies… This has been amazing and disgusting all at once. The skydiving community and other friends has kicked ass! The love is endless. So many DZ has flown out so many loads (we have so far received about 130,000 lbs even with the slow down and waste of time by the sheriff department) and then forced to drive truckloads. I can’t even find words. The love is overwhelming.
Then the ugliness… the sheriff department did threaten to arrest me. They said publicly I was stealing. They wanted me to bring all supplies to their one and only organization, then I could request items back. They did take a few plane loads of items from me (I hate the word me and mine). I were able to divert the others so I could get it to the people and organizations that had requested it. There is a YouTube video that went viral and a FB post that had a lot of views about this and I will address all of it soon. It is disgusting to me what happen and how it happened. I do want to make it clear that it was very local (I do believe to know exactly the person responsible) and had nothing to do with the airport or the “big” government. I stepped back and found a solution, and then once again amazing people stepped up and together it was handled.
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4. Friends…. The amount of new friends together with “old” ones… I can not in words express the gratefulness and love I feel.
THANK YOU
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5. The hard part…. Asking for help. I am working hard, sleeping only a few hours a night. I’m trying to help the community as best as I can. I Have not seen my youngest since before the storm (I do not want her to go through this). I’m trying to find a place (we can stay with friends for now), I’m trying to find a job until season open up again. It is a lot. My amazing friends did start a GoFund me page for me, and it took some convincing for me to say yes. But, it has relived a huge amount of stress. Knowing we can get food and gas. Knowing I can continue to help the community and not having to choose right in this minute. I am stubborn, I know this 😂 with this I have also promised to share the link.
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6. Friends…. I can not name you all. I also don’t want to forget anyone. The amount of new friends from all over the country are incredible.
All the support from “old” friends is overwhelming.
Love you all! ❤️
Friends of Linda and Skydive Mountain City - Linda needs our help. … Lawrence Wobker needs your support for Help Linda recover and rebuild after the storm
