Five Months Ago...Today

Five months ago today,
the sunrise revealed that my city...
our county...actually hundreds of miles in southern Georgia...
had been destroyed overnight by Hurricane Helene.

We live in a pine forest.
Pine trees cannot withstand
sustained Category 3 hurricane-force winds.
Most trees can't. 
We lost whole groves
of pecan trees and stately oaks.
Thousands upon thousands of
100 year-old trees fell that night.
Winds like these were unprecedented.
Many trees fell on or through
people's ​roofs endangering
​sleeping residents.
Our community resembled a warzone in every way.
Thankfully,
help came and recovery continues.
God is good.
​I wanted you to know.