Would you donate?

[Sigarms]

Church is having a fundraiser to rebuild their church after the flooding in NC and Tenn end of last year.

Picture of the church when it was getting flooded.

 

[Sigarms]

This is the aftermath after the road was opened up.

 

[Rockbadchild]

Certainly not if they built at the same location. They didn't have insurance ?

 

[Sigarms]

In a round about way, I'm kind of connected to this church, although I've never attended there or even know the pastor there.

Thing is, the church is planning on rebuilding exactly in the same location where it was located at (yes, about 20 feet from the creek that was flooded).

I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I do have experience with creeks and rivers, and one general rule along with not buying a property with a easement is NEVER EVER build next to a creek or river unless you expect to kiss it goodby at some point.

Am I out of line thinking it's not the smartest idea to build in the same location right next to a creek? I wouldn't mind making a small donation, but I compare it to someone panhandling for food. I understand that the money I donate may not be used for food, but it's the reason why you give. That said, I'm not talking about a couple of bucks you could expect the person to buy booze with.

 

[Sigarms]

Certainly not if they built at the same location. They didn't have insurance ?

The reasoning to build in the same spot is apparently it was a "500 year flood".

It also gets interesting because apparently some people in Tennessee believe that contrails of planes are being used to control the weather, and apparently the government caused the flooding in Eastern Tennessee because there is lithium in mountains and they (I guess the government) is apparently trying to get their hands on it.

Apparently contrails are so bad that the governor of Tennessee has outlawed them over the state...

Panel reopening to hear Lee's Tennessee farmland preservation bill

The Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is reopening to take up Gov. Bill Lee’s bill to preserve Tennessee farmland.

pro.stateaffairs.com

It was kind of interesting when I was there the other week and people were pointing out that you can see contrails pretty much all the time. I didn't want to ask why if it is now a law that they can't be over Tennessee why we saw a couple.

Apparently some in NC feel the same way...

Fact check: Is government seizing North Carolina lithium after Helene?

Some social media users said people engineered the hurricane to clear land in North Carolina to mine lithium, a metal used to power batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones and laptop computers.

www.wral.com

 

[Rockbadchild]

In a round about way, I'm kind of connected to this church, although I've never attended there or even know the pastor there.

Thing is, the church is planning on rebuilding exactly in the same location where it was located at (yes, about 20 feet from the creek that was flooded).

I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I do have experience with creeks and rivers, and one general rule along with not buying a property with a easement is NEVER EVER build next to a creek or river unless you expect to kiss it goodby at some point.

Am I out of line thinking it's not the smartest idea to build in the same location right next to a creek? I wouldn't mind making a small donation, but I compare it to someone panhandling for food. I understand that the money I donate may not be used for food, but it's the reason why you give. That said, I'm not talking about a couple of bucks you could expect the person to buy booze with.

If you have doubt its for a reason, listen to your instinct, you have them for a reason... and no you are not out of line for thinking as such... but you what is right for you....

There is folks around my area that had their house burnt down, they didn't have insurance. There was a fund raiser for them, my though when I saw that was sorry but the money I have left if for my house insurance... I could / would help for their immediate need but won't help for them to built a other house when you made a choice to not insure your house. As much as this statement is harsh we have to live with the consequence of our actions if not we will do it again...

 

[Rockbadchild]

The reasoning to build in the same spot is apparently it was a "500 year flood".

It also gets interesting because apparently some people in Tennessee believe that contrails of planes are being used to control the weather, and apparently the government caused the flooding in Eastern Tennessee because there is lithium in mountains and they (I guess the government) is apparently trying to get their hands on it.

Apparently contrails are so bad that the governor of Tennessee has outlawed them over the state...

Panel reopening to hear Lee's Tennessee farmland preservation bill

The Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is reopening to take up Gov. Bill Lee’s bill to preserve Tennessee farmland.

pro.stateaffairs.com

It was kind of interesting when I was there the other week and people were pointing out that you can see contrails pretty much all the time. I didn't want to ask why if it is now a law that they can't be over Tennessee why we saw a couple.

Apparently some in NC feel the same way...

Fact check: Is government seizing North Carolina lithium after Helene?

Some social media users said people engineered the hurricane to clear land in North Carolina to mine lithium, a metal used to power batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones and laptop computers.

www.wral.com

yeah I heard that... I didn't look into it because it sound like a wacky conspiracy to me but what do I know... there is definitely something fishy about this area, no news coverage, no help ect... there should be proof there is lithium is these mountains has this been confirm ?

 

[RjCorazza]

I would not contribute to that bad decision.

 

[Thall303]

Absolutely no donation to rebuild .

 

[dodge man]

If they rebuild there they need to elevate and build a good foundation.

500 year flood? 100 year flood? I’m a land surveyor and live within an hour of the Mississippi River. After various flood events I ran elevations all over the place, mainly for people that were getting money to elevate their homes. There have been at least 2 and maybe 3 events that were 100 year floods in a period of about 25 years.

Those flood events are all theoretical and after a major event they realize they aren’t something you can really count on.