Which I suppose just further underscores the scale/severity… it’s been really hard to grasp 😔

*heavy caveat here that I’m Canadian & this is just how SAR operated here during larger weather disasters, & I am in zero way an expert. This also seems unprecedented and horrific in scale, so I won’t presume to know what US disaster relief workers prefer. All of this is deeply scary and tragic 💔

This one part is a bit true, as much as I’m NOT a fan of police. A good friend of mine volunteered for wilderness Search & Rescue for 25 years, & if someone is ‘safe’ during a disaster they don’t want* people going back into the danger zone b/c they’re trying to get to others that still need help 😔

Wait it’s entirely DOWN? Like country wide?

Oh god I’m gonna have to Google something that stresses me out/angers me/depresses me, aren’t I

Apparently you guys get an insane amount of cool stuff through that store that we just don’t get up here

American friends: is Five Below a regional only thing or is it a country wide chain?

Sigh

“Cops are volunteering their own time as part of ongoing disaster response” Oh, I guess they’re actually helping for onc… “In order to prevent people in weather stricken areas from entering grocery stores to secure food and supplies” Oh for fucks sake 😡

Hello I’ve almost been awake for 24 hours due to pain. I may have stress-purchased exorbitantly expensive vintage rainbow brite wrapping paper on eBay at 4am, and at least I’m on my way to a massage now