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matty liz — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:44:36 GMT

This a.m. on the weather channel There was a report from someplace in N.J. about the whole area pitching in an caring by cleaning up and supplying needs. The people doing the work were residents, students, teachers, everyone together wheither rich or poor, black or white, Americans. One student had his house burn down. That is America! Washington better not take credit or even acknowledge. They took it on themselves. What a lesson to uphold for our young people and all of us. Wish the world really know us as we really are not as Washington projects. What a joy!

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Dusty1 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:51:52 GMT

I agree. That is the America that I live in & what I see from the people that I know. Not the version that the media tries to show.

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brandiwine — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:41:49 GMT

Here hear! Americans are an amazing group of kind, caring people. There are always a few exceptions and those are the ones the media follows. Great post.

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Mombo1 — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:33:40 GMT

I was in a flood 10 years ago. I had to evacuate for more than a week. When I returned..the American Red Cross had left a bin of cleaning supplies and a case of water on the porches of everyone in the neighborhood. About 10 Members of the local college football team also came to my house the day I returned and pumped my basement which had 6 feet of water. Other college students helped within the neighborhood as well. Each one was a volunteer and happy to help in any way. In addition, another local religious agency volunteered to come in and sanitize the basements. All the neighbors came together to help in anyway they could. I could not have done any of this on my own. It was a bad experience for me...but an example of good caring people coming together in a time of need. I am thankful for all of them.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:45:58 GMT

@matty liz wrote:
This a.m. on the weather channel There was a report from someplace in N.J. about the whole area pitching in an caring by cleaning up and supplying needs.

@matty liz Mullica Hill, N.J. The residents suffered a direct hit from a EF 4 tornado.

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decaf — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:02:37 GMT

@matty liz If you live in a hurricane prone area this is what we always do. Floridians, Texans. Louisianans,etc all come together to help one another after a bad storm. I would expect the same from people in NJ and NY.

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hckynut — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:30:12 GMT

It's unfortunate that only the bad/sad news makes the headlines in about every source of media. Any of us that have lived quite a few decades knows, and has known, this has always been our America.

It is too bad it takes tragedies to make the biggest news stories!

hckynut 🇺🇸

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luvmybeetle — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:47:18 GMT

I'm sorry but I disagree. In my city the news people not only report on the good people who help their neighbors aside from the tragedies, but some of them go out and help. Please don't generalize all news people together. And as for the national news, that is what they are supposed to report and some of those people also go out and help others. Give'em a break.

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sceniccoast — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:24:19 GMT

@matty liz

Good topic.

Give credit where it's due .. American citizens from all walks of life helping & caring. In my opinion, they usually do .. some news outlets report it, others don't. I think of it as the "American Spirit."

I think there are some in Washington that truly do good deeds .. as for the others ... well, I won't go there.

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sceniccoast — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:29:57 GMT

Good morning @hckynut

So true!

Before I saw your post, I posted something similar to yours. I'm pleased to see "positive" reports or articles for a change. I'll never understand why caring & good deeds get buried in the news. What the heck is wrong with them. Instead, too many focus on negative, negative. That's enough to bring some peoples' spirits down. Positive thoughts & rallying around needed causes bring the spirits up. But, hey, that's my opinion.

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77yangya — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:59:38 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@matty liz wrote:
This a.m. on the weather channel There was a report from someplace in N.J. about the whole area pitching in an caring by cleaning up and supplying needs.
@matty liz Mullica Hill, N.J. The residents suffered a direct hit from a EF 4 tornado.

We got hit BAD too. All my neighbors did too. The town pitched in to help. The whole town was under feet of water. One family, don't know where, they had a few inches of water in the basement and the whole wall collapsed and they were in white water fighting to not drown. Now, we're supposed to get more rain but not from a hurricane but tornadoes which were NEVER in my area are now coming on board more and more. I blame climate change. Thank GOD ALMIGHTY that Larry stayed away from land but there's a disturbance in the south that is not going away. terrible......

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Drythe — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:33:24 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
@Mz iMac wrote:
@matty liz wrote:
This a.m. on the weather channel There was a report from someplace in N.J. about the whole area pitching in an caring by cleaning up and supplying needs.
@matty liz Mullica Hill, N.J. The residents suffered a direct hit from a EF 4 tornado.
We got hit BAD too. All my neighbors did too. The town pitched in to help. The whole town was under feet of water. One family, don't know where, they had a few inches of water in the basement and the whole wall collapsed and they were in white water fighting to not drown. Now, we're supposed to get more rain but not from a hurricane but tornadoes which were NEVER in my area are now coming on board more and more. I blame climate change. Thank GOD ALMIGHTY that Larry stayed away from land but there's a disturbance in the south that is not going away. terrible......

@77yangya

ITA with you!

Waving from the WET south. 🌧🌧🌧

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CalminHeart — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:29:49 GMT

@Dusty1 wrote:
I agree. That is the America that I live in & what I see from the people that I know. Not the version that the media tries to show.

You're very lucky. So am I. But a lot of Americans don't live in our America. Just because we don't live it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.