Absolutely Beautiful Words

I think words are beautiful. This is a collection of them, mainly in print, but I'll also include pictures, audio, or videos every now and then. Note: If I incorrectly source a quote, please tell me. I don't mean to, and try not to, but after all, I'm only human.

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@ my followers being affected by hurricanes / what to do during and after a storm

I lived thru Ike and recently only a year ago, Harvey. Here are some (basic) but trustworthy tips I’ve seen/been told over the years!

- Portable chargers. Walmart sells them for six-ten bucks! Buy multiple! And actually charge them!

- Documentation (vaccines, hospital records, school info, documents about your home, literally anything important) should be stored in folders. Place them in a plastic bag and wrap em safely. Keep it in a bag you know you will take. IF YOU HAVE TIME AND THE WILL, scan your documents beforehand!

- Keep a bag with clothes, food, chargers, money, etc if you’re planning to wait out the storm. Put your documents in your bag!

- photos are irreplacable

-If traffic is bad or you know you cant make it out in time, stay home and stay safe! We had that issue during Harvey!

- Radios! Batteries! Flashlights!

- Place water in your bathtubs. Trust me.

- If you are driving, be careful. Some roads might be flooded and you won’t realize until you get there.

- For the love of everything holy, do not drive in the eye of the storm. If you have to, keep a hammer in case your car gets flooded. break your window and try to get out! again, it only takes seconds for you to drown!

- Take out cash. Do not rely on cards!

- Take! Your! Pets! If you are evacuating, make sure to bring canned/dry food, their vaccination records, adoption papers, anything they need (ie. meds). Bring a cage and a small bed.

- For pets, use a portable water slash food container to save space. I got one for my dog for only five bucks, and it wasn’t even a huge one. Bring waste bags, bring toys and make sure they stay comfortable. Remember, they get anxiety, too.

- If you are evacuating, be careful when it comes to leaving pets in shelters! Esp if you’re at a high-risk zone!

- During Harvey, many people risked their lives and went out in boats to help rescue others. Firefighters/EMT/Police were desperate enough to encourage this because we were hit hard. Please, if you are willing to do this, wear a life jacket and stay safe! People died doing this!

- FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT GO OUT AND PLAY/SWIM IN A DITCH AFTER THE STORM

- IF YOU SEE THE LOCAL KIDS DOING IT, TELL THEM TO GO INSIDE THEIR HOMES! CABLES COULD BE ON THE FLOOR AND THE LEVEL OF WATER WONT LET YOU SEE! WE HAD THAT ISSUE DURING HARVEY!

- it may be tempting to steal your neighbor’s sofa but please dont, hurricanes bring high levels of bacteria

-if you go out during a storm and a water bottle 12 pc is suddenly an abnormally high price (or anything!) DO NOT fight with the person selling! Snap a pic of the price tag, your receipt and file a proper complain after the storm! This is illegal! but pls, if you need the water or whatever supply, TAKE IT

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hurricane help from a katrina survivor:

1. if your area is under mandatory evacuation, you NEED to leave. there will no no emergency services when the storm hits, this includes 911. there are no hospitals, you will be on your own. if you are under mandatory evacuation and choose to stay, write your full name and social security # on your arm so that you can be identified if you are found unresponsive.

2. fill the tubs/sinks with water, the power will be out for 2-3 days at least. fill bowls and cover them so they don’t get dust or debris in them.

3. don’t go to the attic. floods are scary, and your first instinct may be to get to higher ground once water enters your home. if you have a second floor, go there. if not, get to the ROOF. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN YOUR ATTIC!! the water may rise and trap you in there. always be in a place where you can escape if the water gets too high.

4. buy spray paint. this saved lots of lives in nola. if you get to the roof, you can write a message so that rescue crews can see. keep it simple, ex: “4 survivors. 1 elderly diabetic. 1 child.” if/when you escape your home, cross your message out and/or write “rescued” so that emergency crews know you don’t need help anymore. (if you have enough paint try to include your last name)

5. don’t go in the water, please. you don’t know what’s in there, you don’t know how deep it is. turn around, don’t drown. under NO circumstances should you drive a vehicle through flood waters.

6. mail important documents to relatives and take pictures of everything, and make insurance claims early. take EVERYTHING off the floor and put it on a table.

7. charge your phones, and buy an old fashioned radio and program it to the weather center.

i know it’s scary. it’ll be ok, this happened before and it’ll happen again. stay safe, don’t take any chances out there.

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In three words I can sum up everything I know about life: it goes on.

Robert Frost

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There is a stubbornness about that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austin

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I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self; to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.

Virginia Woolf

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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Harper Lee

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Mark Twain

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Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Vincent van Gogh

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I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland

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So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them  were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only went fitted together, edge to edge, could they even begin to tell the story.

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

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Be a fountain, not a drain.

Rex Hudder, former MLB player

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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Anne Lamott

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Alice Walker

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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

Louisa May Alcott

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Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

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If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

Terry Goodkind

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Harper Lee