First things first – Is everyone OK? If any Treeper is in need of aid or assistance please use the comment section below and we will do our earnest best to find a way to assist.  Also, please make sure you reach out and touch base with any friends or family you may have in the region, just to be sure. 
Thankfully, this looming storm was not as bad as it could have been.  However, that perspective provides little solace if you are one of those who are trying to pick up the pieces of your life in the aftermath.  If you are in that position, you are not alone.  Do not be shy in reaching out for help….

As of 2 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Sunday, the storm was about 50 miles (80 km) east of Morehead City, North Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. The center of the storm was set to move near or south of the North Carolina coast early on Sunday and east of the state later in the day as it weakens.
Matthew, which topped out as a ferocious Category 5 storm days before and killed at least 877 people in Haiti, has now been downgraded to Category 1.

It made U.S. landfall on Saturday near McClellanville, South Carolina, a village 30 miles (48 km) north of Charleston that was devastated by a Category 4 hurricane in 1989.
The storm was blamed for at least 11 deaths in the United States – five in Florida, three in North Carolina and three in Georgia, including two people killed by falling trees in Bulloch County, the county coroner said.
Power was reported knocked out for more than 2 million households and businesses in the U.S. Southeast, the bulk of those in Florida and South Carolina.
The storm-stricken stretch of the Atlantic Coast from Miami to Charleston, a nearly 600-mile drive, encompasses some of the most well-known beaches, resorts and historical towns in the southeastern United States. Parts of Interstate 95, the main north-south thoroughfare on the East Coast, were closed due to flooding and fallen trees, state officials said.
Roads in Jackson Beach, Florida, were littered with debris, including chunks from an historic pier dislodged by the storm, with some intersections clogged by up to a foot of standing water. Beachfront businesses suffered moderate damage.  (read more)

Our deepest respect and appreciation goes out to the multi-state recovery teams, and especially to the power line workers who are diligently working to restore power.   There are crews of exceptionally awesome utility workers from many states all up and down the south eastern seaboard busting their butt to get electrical power restored.
It is with abundant appreciation and respect we send a prayer of thankfulness today for their continued safety…