Hurricane Irene made its way up the East Coast leaving devastation in its path, Irene has claimed over 20 lives so far. In New York State there are towns that are completely gone and will have to start over, many people have lost everything. People may be wondering why this matters, but it personally affected one of our long time player of Hogwarts Live, Tom. He lost his entire house due to the massive flooding in New York State, his entire county was put in a state of emergency because it was completely flooded out, emergency services even had a hard time rescuing people because of the rapidly rising water levels. Luckily him and his family got out safely. This hits close to home for me personally, being Tom and I live so close to each other and attend the same college. I know many players on this game are also good friends with him. I have talked to Danilo about having money from HL donations going to help Tom and his family in their time of need. He said that if players would like part of their donations to go to Tom's family, to owl him(Danilo) after they donate.
No one around here expected Irene to do so much damage in the middle of New York State, our area here, the storm kept moving away from and we were in and out of Medium and High zones, while places like NYC were in the Extreme zone and they didn't really get hit much at all. I know other states got hit just as hard, and I hope anyone's families in those states are alright also.
This is why I wish I had a job and could help donate to HL. I live in NY state, but I live where its safe, to the west of Rochester. I only got winds, and did not get any thing from the actual storm except just windy winds.
I hope he is safe, and gets everything back. Best of wishes, and Blessed Be.
I'm in Massachusetts and it didn't do a whole lot here; I didn't have power for most of Sunday and there are some trees down but overall nothing too serious. Best wishes to Tom and his family.
Up here in New Brunswick, Canada we got quite a bit of wind because we were so close to the sea. No power for over 29 hours in creepy high winds that nearly crushed my house!
I hope that Tom and family are ok and that things get better for them soon. Most of my family lives in NYC and on Long Island and I was terrified when the storm was in the area near my loved ones. I wish I could send money, but as am broke, I will send my prayers and best wishes. May the God and Goddess bless Tom and all others who were affected by Irene.
i live waterfront on long island. we were evacuated but luckily my house had little damage compared to losing my home. i think everyone here can agree, our thoughts and prayers are with tom and his family.
I was in the Adarondak Mountains when the storm hit. There wasn't much trouble but there was really bad trouble for people in other county's. best of luck, Tom.
Insidious Decoy·Friday, September 23, 2011 - 8:37am
I was in the HEART of irene up in CT we got the worst of all we lost power for 3 days ending up cooking on the grill (yum) and we had to shower in an indoor swimming pool bathroom! (yuk)
then the power went back while we were in the middle of checking into a hotel (YES!!) VIDEO GAMES...WE REUNITE!!! and my plug in guitar amp! I prayed for noone to die but oh well a 12 year old did in VA WHERE I LIVE ( IWAS ON VACATION) so it was so sad cause it was my bestfriend thats a girl named julias cousin died!! D :