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  1. I live in South Louisiana. We get hurricanes and in 2016, had a 1000 year flood. It was caused by massive amounts of rainfall being dumped in a 24 hour period, after weeks of solid rain, so the ground was saturated and rivers were already high. The community directly north of me (by about 10 mins) had over 30 inches of rain in 24 hours. Not many places could handle that. Over 90% of my parish flooded. We were displaced for months. We actually just had 2 schools get back into permanent campuses, 6 YEARS after the flood. We are still being affected here. My current home is a mobile home that is raised ~5 feet. I had to go up 3.5 feet because of the base flood elevation. I didn’t move out of the area because my ex is here still and I could only move 75 miles away without permission from the court. We were still married during the flood. I went so high when I moved after the divorce because I don’t want to go through that again. My neighbors here only got 18 inches of water. My grandma’s house had it in the attic and my mom got 5ft. We got 28 inches. If I flood again, I’m leaving the area. My youngest is almost 16, so I just have 2 more years of court deciding where I live. My ex and I didn’t leave at the time because his job was here and our family is here. I’m extra glad we didn’t since we divorced. I’m now on family land. It’s how I can afford to still homeschool as a single mom. My family goes back generations here. It’s home.
  2. Not to my knowledge. I have been sick 3x and tested negative 4x. My illnesses have followed my usual pattern ~ seasonal allergies, sinus infection, bronchitis, which happens about 3x a year, every year. Each of the times I’ve been sick, I’ve had no known exposure to Covid (although with Omicron it doesn’t take much.) I am double vaccinated, but not yet boostered due to scheduling issues. I’m planning on getting my booster shot next week. My middle and youngest son both had it the summer of 2020. They were at their dad’s that week and got it from him. He got them for the week, knowing he was sick, AND had friends of my kids over to his house. Knowing he was sick. He didn’t test until right before I was due to get them back and two of them had gotten sick as well. I still took them back and they isolated and wore masks to go to the bathroom, etc. My mom, my sister, my oldest, and myself all avoided getting it from them. We were living with my mom then.
  3. Just seeing this. Praying your niece is safe and y’all get answers soon.
  4. Never leave a room without looking to see if there is something you can bring with you to put up/away on your way to where ever you’re going. I’ve trained my kids to do this as well. They’re slacking right now though, so I’ll be doing a refresher course.
  5. 19, not counting the dorm in college I lived in 11 houses before I was 9 I’ve only lived in 3 different cities though: my current one ~ 39 of my 41 years 2 others ~ one year each
  6. Yes, it’s happened to me and it was in an abusive relationship. I wish I had seen that then. It could’ve saved me years of heartache.
  7. Our state’s official guidelines follow the CDC. At least 10 days after onset of symptoms and at least 24 hours fever free, with no meds, and other symptoms improving. Taste and smell are exceptions to that because they can take longer. ETA: That’s with a positive personal test. It’s 14 days without one. But every employer has their own rules, as far as I know.
  8. We currently have 2 in braces. Each of the was $6500. Our insurance paid $1500 each. The worst part was that we had orthodontists on our insurance who if we had used would have cost us $6000 *total*, but I wasn't comfortable with them. My middle one had trigonocephaly though and it affected his growth of his skull and face. Of the 3 that we had consults with, she was the only one to catch the condition on her own. The other 2 blew it off after I told them. He and his older brother had the same issue visually, but not skeletally. The three quotes were $6100. $6300, and $6500. Both of them had severe overbites though.
  9. My 2 oldest had the entire series (3 shots), with no issues. My youngest will start his at his well-visit. His birthday is in January, but because of the number of flu cases, we put it off. I'll schedule it soon. I have all boys.
  10. Cried. J/K Kinda I did all of my normal life stuff ~ school, church, soccer, house stuff, but I also read several books.
  11. I can't get it to work for me either. Maybe I messed up by signing in with this email address? I don't know if I used another one when I first signed up.
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