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[UPDATE 2] Calling all Tempers: Help Chary and Family!

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Today we have setup a GoFundMe page for our beloved reporter @Chary.

Krista and her family have lost their entire home and all worldly possessions in the floods caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Please help us to help them by donating on the following page, any amount will help!

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:arrow:Donate via Paypal to [email protected] and we'll match it on GoFundMe

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[-UPDATE 2-]
Chary and her family have now received the cash from the fundraiser in full. Thanks again to everyone who donated and helped out!

[-UPDATE-]

After 2 weeks 82 donations have helped to raise £2022 (roughly $2670) to help Chary and her family to rebuild their lives.

A massive thanks to all of the following tempers who donated, and those of you who wished to remain anonymous:

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Also a massive thanks to everyone who has streamed to help this fund.

You are what makes GBAtemp such an amazing community to be a part of!


Now, as for GoFundMe, they have still not released the funds to Chary, despite saying they would, over 10 days ago. The excuse is their engineers need time to convert the raised amount to dollars, and their payment processing team are trying their best to get it done. To me this sounds absurd, but here we are, 14 days since the fund started, waiting for the cash to be paid out in this emergency situation.[/USER][/USER][/USER][/USER]
 
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rileysrjay said:
@Chary is the storm expected to move on anytime soon? The local weather guesser here in Georgia said it was supposed to be in Kentucky by the weekend, but the forecast changes so much with the storm from what I've seen.
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Supposedly Thursday. Tomorrow is supposed to be really bad again, and then finally the next day is when it moves up and onward. looks like tonight is going to be really rough. It's rained 2" in the last hour.
 
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Chary said:
Supposedly Thursday. Tomorrow is supposed to be really bad again, and then finally the next day is when it moves up and onward. looks like tonight is going to be really rough. It's rained 2" in the last hour.
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Man, that sucks. :(
At least you and your family are somewhere safe for now and can rest. I'm really sorry I can't donate, I really want to but my parents probably wouldn't like the idea of it.
 
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Chary said:
Supposedly Thursday. Tomorrow is supposed to be really bad again, and then finally the next day is when it moves up and onward. looks like tonight is going to be really rough. It's rained 2" in the last hour.
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Holy shit. I would move to another state at that point, but thats just me.
 
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The news is reporting 5 thousand more people have gotten to the GRB center since I was there. Yikes. I don't even know how the city will recover.

I am currently filling out FEMA aid, but I am not sure if they'll even get back to me within a reasonable timeframe. Hundreds of thousands of people are submitting the same form. Katrina victims tell me it took year to get approved, and a few more months to get monetary assistance.

It looks like there's an open road that will take me from the hotel to my house, where neighbors tell me the water has receded. It's still raining though, and most roads are underwater. Street signs on the freeways are underwater. This storm won't let up. The challenge is finding a path for my uncle to drive to get to the hotel from where he is. Police are stopping people and telling them to turn back. Though, another person told me they got from Westbury to downtown in a pickup truck just fine. The news said dogs are being transferred all over the city, being split up, some dogs were shipped to California (???) for safety. I'm adamant about getting my dog back today, at the very least.

The dams are overflowing at this point, so now people up north are going to potentially flood too. They're also saying the storm might pick back up. The national weather service is creating new rain markers for this event. This is one of the highest amounts of rain the country has seen apparently. 40" of rain in some places, which is up from the 30" of rain from when this thread wasn't posted.

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@DeadlyFoez I might be moving to California...but then my mom won't have her job, my college acceptance will be revoked, and I'll have to stay with family that already has a lot of people staying with them. Oregon is also an option...but the same thing applies. I'm still thinking things out. I don't want to leave, but I want to leave, and it's just a mess to think about. I need to give it more thought.
 
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Chary said:
The news is reporting 5 thousand more people have gotten to the GRB center since I was there. Yikes. I don't even know how the city will recover.

I am currently filling out FEMA aid, but I am not sure if they'll even get back to me within a reasonable timeframe. Hundreds of thousands of people are submitting the same form. Katrina victims tell me it took year to get approved, and a few more months to get monetary assistance.

It looks like there's an open road that will take me from the hotel to my house, where neighbors tell me the water has receded. It's still raining though, and most roads are underwater. Street signs on the freeways are underwater. This storm won't let up. The challenge is finding a path for my uncle to drive to get to the hotel from where he is. Police are stopping people and telling them to turn back. Though, another person told me they got from Westbury to downtown in a pickup truck just fine. The news said dogs are being transferred all over the city, being split up, some dogs were shipped to California (???) for safety. I'm adamant about getting my dog back today, at the very least.

The dams are overflowing at this point, so now people up north are going to potentially flood too. They're also saying the storm might pick back up. The national weather service is creating new rain markers for this event. This is one of the highest amounts of rain the country has seen apparently. 40" of rain in some places, which is up from the 30" of rain from when this thread wasn't posted.

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@DeadlyFoez I might be moving to California...but then my mom won't have her job, my college acceptance will be revoked, and I'll have to stay with family that already has a lot of people staying with them. Oregon is also an option...but the same thing applies. I'm still thinking things out. I don't want to leave, but I want to leave, and it's just a mess to think about. I need to give it more thought.
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That sounds terrifying... Hang in there!
 
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DeadlyFoez said:
Damn girl. Evacuate and go up north. Fuck fema, they are a damn joke.

I was recently considering moving to texas, not any longer. Sounds like the only thing that can live there now is spongebob.
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Haha, pretty much. I asked around on Reddit, and a liquor store near me will be giving out packing boxes to victims. Im going to get an idea of what items are salvageable, pack them up in boxes, put them in my uncle's truck, and get a storage shed in an area that hasnt flooded. ...if there's an area that hasn't flooded. Maybe there will be so few items I can store them with me at the hotel. My family is urging me to just fly north ASAP, but I just need to at least consider some things before I do. The airports are closed for at least a week, either way.

I've reported this to my landowner again, and he's told me he's insured the property, but it's not insured on my behalf, so there won't be any compensation from the insurance for me. Painful to hear, but it's whatever at this point. Car insurance claim has been filed, as well.
 
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*Insert obligatory response here*

But in all seriousness, it's shite what you and you're family have gone through with the loss of your house and possessions, and worse that the governmental response seems so piss-poor. Wishing you the best, and hope you can return to some level of normalcy and comfort as soon as possible. Fingers crossed for you. :)
 
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Chary said:
I might be moving to California...but then my mom won't have her job, my college acceptance will be revoked, and I'll have to stay with family that already has a lot of people staying with them. Oregon is also an option...but the same thing applies. I'm still thinking things out. I don't want to leave, but I want to leave, and it's just a mess to think about. I need to give it more thought.
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Whatever you choose and wherever you go, you'll be alright. I'm sure of it.

I hope you're reunited with your doggo soon! Take care.
 
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