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Covenant Village of Florida Weathers Storm Well
PLANTATION, FL (September 28, 2004) - All remains calm at Covenant Village of
Florida following the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Jeanne in many parts of
the state, says campus administrator Judy Johnson.
"I just finished a walk of the campus and we are very grateful for
another period of God's protection on our campus," she writes in an
emailed update. Johnson recalled the morning Jeanne approached the
Florida coast. "When Hurricane Jeanne was not turning, we went into full
hurricane mode - shuttering, calling in the 'A Team.' She had grown in
intensity and size . . . and Covenant Village of Florida was in the wind
field of at least
damaging tropical storm and potential hurricane winds. We got residents
to eat an early dinner and sent dining staff home early. Later, we had a
crew in every building stay the night.
"We had tropical storm winds all night long with wind speeds in excess
of 60 mph," Johnson continues. "Rain came in bands, but since we were on
the 'dry' side of the hurricane, we didn't experience much flooding."
Damage to the campus was minimal, Johnson reports, limited largely to
trees and branches. "Since we lost so much in the last storm (Frances),
we didn't have as many
vulnerable trees this time," she notes. "We had flooding in three or
four apartment
balconies due to the driving rain.
"Thanks for all your prayers," she concludes. As I said earlier, we are
very grateful."
Efforts continue to assist other tropical areas and islands damaged by
the recent storm activity, according to Jim Sundholm, director of
Covenant World Relief. "We are responding and sending dollars," Sundholm
reports, "and we will continue to do so." Sundholm requests that
individuals interested in donating to the storm relief effort make
checks payable to Covenant World Relief, earmarked for hurricane relief,
and send them to Covenant World Relief, 5101 N. Francisco Avenue,
Chicago, IL, 60625.
More information will be posted to this online Covenant news report as
it becomes available, including an assessment update from Kurt Miericke,
superintendent of the Southeast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant
Church.
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