On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 9:33:49 AM UTC-4, wrote:
As you all know, South Carolina was hit hard with the recent flooding, and some of the worst was right here in the area I live. While I was fortunate that our house is on a hill and we didn't suffer any damage at all, many were not that lucky and lost nearly everything.

One person that was hit hard is a fellow I work with. He lives with his elderly, disabled mother in her home, taking care of her while working a full-time production job. He's a really good guy. The water was three feet deep in the home. They lost all their furniture except for the dining room table and china cabinet. Most of the sheetrock and cabinetry had to be ripped out of the home. Also the home had recently been paid off, so the mother had cancelled their flood insurance. On top of that, a couple of days later the mother had a stroke and has just been released from ICU to a regular room at the hospital. Bad stuff happens to good people.

One of the ladies I work with started a GoFundMe page to help them out. I'm posting this in hopes that maybe some of you rec.boats regulars might be able to make a contribution to them. Anything would be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/rc6dqats

For those of you that contributed...

On behalf of Tim and his mother, thank you. His mother is going to be evaluated and hopefully released tomorrow from rehab at the skilled nursing facility. Unfortunately, she'll have to go to Tim's brother's house, as her home is still in limbo. The state/county officials have not ruled yet what the fate of the homes in that area will be. The possibilities are issuing permits for repair, requiring them to be raised some amount before rebuilding, or being condemned. Repairing is bad enough, but option two or three is financially devastating for them.

Tim had run out of vacation time here at work, so the company allowed a bunch of us to donate our PTO time to him so he'd continue to be paid while he's out dealing with this stuff. They had to turn some people away. Pretty cool.

BTW, I told him that some of the contributions had come from complete strangers that leaned about his situation on a internet discussion group. It brought a brief smile to his face. He hasn't had much to smile about lately. Good stuff.

Thanks!