Gilbert and Hanover West Virginia Flood 2009

I had friends visiting family in WV. They were stranded over the weekend. Im so sorry for this destruction. I pray you all recover  quickly. Our church in Florence will continue to pray.

                                                        Marcia Hoffmeyer

                                                         Florence,S.C.

Cody,

Thanks for the video.  Our church mission group was hosted by the generous people of the Gilbert Presbyterian Church for three summers.  I am so sorry that you all were hit so hard by this flood.  Our prayers are with you, I know this will impact the summer 4 wheeler season and in this economy it will be a terrible blow for the area.  I hope things get cleaned up quickly and roads get repaired. 

I hope that the Grace of God showers you all as heavily as the rains did.

M

Cody you did a wonderful job and i am a christian and i personally love that song! God bless you and hopefully Gilbert will get back to it's normal way and I hope God will watch over you guys! God loves you and God bless:)!

Cody,

I know this will ruin your summer a little unless the workers up there gets it all cleaned up by then. God loves you and he will be watching over you:) I will request prayer for you at my church! Hopefully it will get back to normal and I hope you have a good year there at Gilbert! God bless and remember the other ones out there that have no homes and have to stay out in the flood! God bless you and them, please keep praying! You guys are in my prayers! God bless you and God loves you alot!

                      - Love Tara

our thoughts and prayers are with you all.can you tell me the name of this song and who sings it?you did such a great job on this video,my husband is originally from gilbert creek and he said that he had never seen the water up like that.we will be praying for you all!! 

May God bless and help all those affected by this tragedy. My prayers are with you and all those helping to clean up this mess. We will do what we can.

Mary and Roger

Cody-

Thank you for the vivid yet tragic images.  We retired to Tennessee a few years ago, but we still have family and friends in Gilbert, Hanover, and North Spring.  How awful it must be to face the clean-up and rebuilding.  Our thoughts and prayers are with all who face this daunting challenge.  Good choice of music--It is only by the grace of God that the losses were of property, not of life.  Try to keep your positive attitude.

Jayson & Joyce

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this tragedy, We spend our vacation down there, we were there when WV had the last flood, and it was so hard for us,  Our family members are down in McDowell, WV  , and we will be praying for you all..

Norm & Lydia Caldwell from San Antonio, Texas

Putting the music to the pictures really adds a dramatic effect.  Great job.  Great choice of pics and music.  Tragic situation.  I grew up in Bradshaw (McDowell County) now live in Greensboro NC.

The pictures and music was a wonderful thing to do. Just from telling others what you have seen, could not even begin to scratch the surface, unless they could see it first hand, this helps those who weren't there have a better understanding.

I had just been through the areas going to hospital on Friday. Coming back home on Sunday evening, my heart was so full of sadness, I cried. Have traveled through it several times again since, my heart and prayers goes out to all affected and thankful it wasn't worse with loss of lives. I understand the fire departments helped too with that situation, going by homes, sounding their sirens, waking people up, this was great.

This is a super nice place with very prideful people who will be back on top of things, with Gods grace.

Thoughts and Prayers for all who are there.

I haven't seen footage like this since I left home in the Pacific Northwest where the Cascade Mountain range feeds all the storms straight down to the flat farming areas.                  Truely feel for all those there.  Positive thoughts and prayers to you all !

- Robin L. Young -    currently in Pittsburgh,PA...  PNW native.

This video was beautifully done, & gives such a good idea to outsiders,  of the extent of the damage in Gilbert, Mingo, & Wyoming counties. I just returned from being stationed there with the American Red Cross. God bless the people as they recover. A special hello to the staff of Wallys, Mr. Harless, for allowing the mining staff to tend to their community, & the Joe Harless Community Center, for giving us space to manage our relief activities. A very special thanks to Horsepen Baptist Church, for their feeding services, invitation to attend their Sunday service, & the Southern Baptists for their cleaning &  "mudding" services, & extensive cooking operations.

Hi you did a good job with  your tape .I hope no one died in all that mess. I know some Lesters that live in hanover. I remember a couple years ago the flood around oceana it was bad too. I liked the music too we didn,t know anything happened there. Again good job thank,s

cody thx again for the video i remeber this area well my grandmother lived in hanover (garden gap branch) im planning a trip in oct to get back to my roots and the summers spent there. if you ever get any pics of that area ps post and let me know id give anything to see it again. thanks again....!