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thea, i'd like to thank you for keeping us all up to date on barbara's journey re her well-being. i bet when they started qca, they thought it would be a great thing to have a forum where people could exchange ideas about blocks and quilting and fabrics...i wonder if they realized what wonderful friendships would be forged. thank you for being
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thea, go to www.fox59.com and put '78 year old grandmother' in search and it will bring up the video. heartbreaking.
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I just came on to post about this very subject...my mother in law doesn't sew or quilt, but purchased blankets to send off to sandy victims at the shore...when she inquired as to who to address them to, she was told, 'we DON'T need BLANKETS and we DON'T need FOOD. what we REALLY NEED is CASH'. she was quite taken back. she didn't
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barbara, you are one of the most beloved members here. i hadn't been online in awhile and came on this morning to see this sad news. i mirror the heartfelt sentiment of so many here...we are heartbroken for you, and send loving prayers your way. xo, blondie
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Oh, Barbara, no problem! The main thing is you cared to comment on their well-being! We need more people like you!!
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Barbara, it's not my parents who are in need. But thank you anyway! I'm familiar with unions....they might've been out-of-state, too, and not sure where to go yet. It looked as though they'd been dispatched from somewhere else.
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Leslie, I'm sorry this happened, too. Yesterday I saw about 30 power company trucks lined up in a parking lot, flanked by about 10 pickup trucks from the same company. At first I thought maybe they were taking a break for lunch, but as I drove past (and got honked and wolf whistled at, thank you SO much for that...sigh), I realized they were all
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i agree with sukochi~i'd contact someone official if you want to send anything in this direction. we sustained no damage personally (part of my apple tree snapped off, but thankfully, it was in the other direction), but my son's gf's father moved 4 vehicles out of the way at their house...my son's vehicle was spared as a result, but
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Thank you to all who kept the east coast (and everyone else involved) in their thoughts and prayers; I really believe in universal prayer; please don't stop, as many are nowhere NEAR out of the woods yet. Our beloved Jersey shore has been almost completely obliterated. If you happen to see Governor Christie on at all, he mirrors the sentiment of
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OMG my dh just saw a transformer blow not far from us...we aren't in the dark yet, but that could change at any moment... this is one wicked storm! stay safe, everyone!