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That's a shame. So, sorry to hear that. I go through Valdosta several times a year. Good luck, George. Our thoughts are with you. Jimmy

Thanks for letting us know, Gil. Saddened to hear that George lost so much. Prayers for all who were badly affected by the storm, and for those making the repairs to restore power to all.

I was very concerned about our standing 617 acres of field corn, which is ready to be harvested. We did some ride-bys of a few fields yesterday morning and see no apparent blow-down damage. We did receive about 5-6" of rain, and gusty winds, but the corn fared well, it seems. Power was out for about 8 hours at our home. Screven County, which my local EMC also serves, has hundreds of outages still, maybe thousands. Linemen have been brought in from outlying EMCs that weren't affected by the storm to assist local EMC's linemen in repairs and power restoration. Pray for the linemen please, it is a very dangerous job restoring power after a major storm.

Was hoping Savannah didn't get hit too badly, Gil. Hoping the intensity of the winds had diminished somewhat as Idalia traveled inland across the state before reaching y'all.

Oh my, what terrible news for a gunner/ dog man..... My sympathies to all involved.

So sorry to hear that, what a horrible way to go. My sympathies.

Just awful.
Very sorry for you.

Stan, we were lucky, again. Other than short lived power outage from 430 pm until 130 am, that was it. A lot of limb falls and a few uprooted large trees, but no catastrophic damage. We were on the east side of Idalia and while we had some high gusts, rainfall was not extreme as it was on the west side. Statesboro had 12" of rainfall. Gil

i sure hate to hear that. terrible for all of you .

Thoughts and prayers are with you during these tough times

Just got off the phone with George. Tree crews have removed fallen trees and blue tarped his house roof to prevent further water damage. He has no power but Ga. Power texted him to expect power by tomorrow. The tree crew is from Alpharetta (above Atlanta) and removed 4 large fallen trees. The tree that fell on Stella was a water oak, not a pine. I told him of the outpouring of concern from board members and he is appreciative. Aside from losing Stella, he feels lucky that it wasn't worse. He said that Keith, another Valdosta resident board member-67galaxy-had 16" of water flood his home. Gil

It was awful. Still is. Water up to my knees in the yard. Over my feet in the house. Trees down everywhere. A lot of people still without power. The worst part is Stella. She was a 12 year old lab until she saw GEO. Then she turned into a 12 month old and what a hunting drive! She was special for sure.