The Flood Story II Repeats: In North Carolina

 Nadene Goldfoot                                               

No doubt Noah lived in Mesopotamia when he faced the proposition of battling a flood by building an ARK

The story of Noah and the Great Flood is told in Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of the book of Genesis.

The picture shows the land of Eretz Yisrael being called Palestine.  This didn't occur until the year 135 when the Romans named it as such for the Israelite enemy, the Philistines. 

Sometime a little less than 5,784 years ago,  which was in the year of 3760 BCE, Noah's world, his land, his continent, suffered from a flood.  He and his family and the animals they saved on their ARK survived.  There are several lines of evidence that some believe support the biblical account of the Great Flood, including: 

• Marine fossils, such as those of fish, clams, and corals, are found in sedimentary rocks on continents and high mountains, rather than on the sea floor. This suggests that the continents were flooded by ocean waters. 
• Robert Ballard and his team found an ancient shoreline in the Black Sea that they believe was created by a catastrophic event that occurred around 5,000 BCE.
• Dr. Mark Horstemeyer of Liberty University's School of Engineering has used High Performance Computing (HPC) to analyze the flood and explain the physical properties of Noah's Ark. 

Today, even people in North Carolina are feeling the effects of a huge flood caused by Hurricane Helene that entered Florida first.  How did it ever continue on to North Carolina?  Asheville is on the West side.                                                                         Below, North Carolina on East side on Atlantic Ocean

                                              NORTH CAROLINA                       

Today, Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency ahead of Hurricane Helene as North Carolina (on Eastern Coastline)  prepares for severe weather impacts that could threaten life and property across North Carolina through Saturday morning.  Flooding swamps Asheville area as North Carolina mountains brace for Helene's life-threatening rainfall.  

                                            Biltmore Village in North Carolina

Helene is forecast to cause significant impacts including flash flooding, numerous landslides, damaging debris flows, slope failures across steep terrain, and riverine flooding across portions of western North Carolina and portions of central North Carolina. Flooding may occur in areas that do not typically flood. All North Carolinians should be weather aware and prepared. Tropical storm force winds are possible across western North Carolina late Thursday into Friday. With already saturated soils, trees could fall causing widespread power outages. There is a potential for tornadoes with this storm system. Tornadoes from tropical systems can quickly spin up with little warning.

As of last night of 27th, power was gone in Deborah's home.  She's running on her generator.    During a power outage, you may be left without heating/air conditioning, lighting, hot water, or even running water. If you only have a cordless phone, you will also be left without phone service.  Report this morning is that 4 million people are without power.  

“Helene threatens heavy rain, flash flooding, landslides, and damaging winds to the mountains and Piedmont areas of our state,” said Governor Cooper. “Now is the time for North Carolinians to prepare, make sure emergency kits are up-to-date and pay attention to the weather alerts in your area.”

The State Emergency Response Team is deploying equipment, personnel, and resources to support impacted communities, including, North Carolina Swift Water Rescue Teams and Urban Search and Rescue Teams, resources from the North Carolina National Guard, and specialized personnel for communications and incident management support.

North Carolina residents are advised to stay aware and keep a watch on the forecast. State officials advise these tips to make sure your family is personally prepared:

• Have multiple ways to receive emergency information, including watches and warnings. Make sure emergency alerts are enabled on your cell phone and monitor local new outlets and the National Weather Service.
• Ensure that you have multiple ways to receive warnings, especially with the potential for severe storms to be moving through during nighttime hours.
• Have an emergency plan. Know where you would go if you need to evacuate, especially if you live in a flood prone area.
• Gather emergency supplies or refresh your emergency kit. Visit ReadyNC.gov for info on how to build an emergency kit.
• Never drive through flooded roadways or around barricades. Turn around. Don’t drown.
• Make sure you know where to seek shelter if a tornado warning is issued for your area.
• Check to see if your local emergency management office offers emergency alert services for its residents. You can visit your county government website for more information.
• Avoid unnecessary travel. If you do not need to drive, stay home. You can find current roadway conditions by visiting DriveNC.Gov.

One can imagine what Noah's family went through and saw as they prepared their ARK from what North Carolina is going through, oh so many years apart, however.  .  

https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/3285/Trifold-Brochure-Preparing-for-a-Power-Outage?bidId=

https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/09/25/governor-cooper-declares-state-emergency-ahead-hurricane-helene

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/asheville-biltmore-flooding-helene-north-carolina-mountains

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/evidence-suggests-biblical-great-flood-noahs-time-happened/story?id=17884533#:~:text=Fascinated%20by%20the%20idea%2C%20Ballard,to%20celebrate%20his%20600th%20birthday.

https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/3285/Trifold-Brochure-Preparing-for-a-Power-Outage?bidId=

2nd Assassination Attempt On Trump

 Nadene Goldfoot                                              

  With back to photographer  is an American man, Ryan Wesley Routh,  son of Daniel Routh in Greensboro, North Carolina, who attempted to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election, on September 15, 2024. Routh's motives are currently under investigation. The update given by the FBI on September 16 mentioned that Routh had not fired his weapon. 

Routh also commented on the Israel-Hamas War in December 2023. In a post showing a photo of a "Students map of Palestine" for the study of the Bible, he wrote, "I am unclear what of part of Israel the Jews owned based on this historic map; Judea perhaps? It seems to be historically all Palestinian."  (This shows he has no educational knowledge of the Jewish history.  Oy Vey!)  A Jane commented that the map he referred to was published in 1881, the actual rendering--designed to show places Jesus visited--doesn't mention the word-Palestine at all, the main areas are clearly marked Judea, Samaria, and Galilee.

Routh was born February 18,  1966 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He later attended North Carolina A&T State University for two semesters in 1995  The 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh  was detained Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on the former president.  Routh is twice divorced and has three adult children. He told a federal magistrate at this arraignment Monday that he earns $3,000 a month as a roofer but owns no assets except for a used truck valued at $1,000.

Greensboro is the third-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte and Raleigh, and the 69th-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. His parents could have been in high school in 1963.   In May and June 1963, the largest civil rights protest in North Carolina history took place in Greensboro. Protesters sought desegregation of public accommodations, and economic and social justice, such as hiring policies based on merit rather than race. They also worked for the overdue integration of public schools.In May 1969, students of James B. Dudley High School were outraged when the administration refused to let a popular candidate, Claude Barnes, run for student union class president, allegedly due to his membership in Youth for the Unity of Black Society. (He was black).  After their appeals to the school were rejected, the students asked activists at North Carolina A&T State University for support in a protest. Protests escalated and after students at A&T had thrown rocks at police, they returned on May 21 armed with tear gas canisters, using them against the crowds. The uprising grew larger, and the governor ordered the National Guard to back up local police. 

I am noticing that Ryan Routh's environment, parents and education facilities, were emerged in social behavior and activism.  Ryan may have had Quaker connections to help this along since Quakers were some of early people in North Carolina.  It helps to see how he formed his thinking. Since then, violence has become the norm.  Look what Trump helped along in January 7th with the attack on government property.   

In this year of 1966, Ryan's parents were facing election changes.  Republicans were favored in voting.  However, NORTH CAROLINA - 1st District - February 5, 1966, vice Herbert C. Bonner (D), deceased. showed :  Democrats were the favorite winners.  Governors. Republicans won 23 and Democrats 11 of the 35 gubernatorial contests, shifting the party balance from 33–17 in favor of the Democrats to 25–25. Ten Governorships switched from the Democrats to the Republicans: those in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada and New Mexico.

He  protested in Kyiv after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and committed his ideas to paper in a self-published 291-page book in a self-published e-book (Ukraine's Unwinnable War -The Fatal Flaw of Democracy, World Abandonment and the Global Citizen-Taiwan, Afghanistan, North Korea and the end of Humanity) :)         

His most recent address is listed in Hawaii, but he spent most of his life in North Carolina, according to property records. Routh owned Camp Box Honolulu, a shed-building company, according to his LinkedIn profile. The account also says that he studied at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and graduated in 1998 when 32.  The suspect lived in North Carolina for most of his life before moving in 2018 to Kaaawa, Hawaii. In 2018, Routh moved from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Kaʻaʻawa, Hawaii.  He and his son operated a company building sheds, according to an archived version of the webpage for the business.

Ryan Wesley Routh (center), who was detained by US authorities on Sunday after an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. (gofundme)

In 1880, the most Routh families were found in the USA. In 1840, there were 6 Routh families living in Ohio, which was about 21% of all the recorded Routh's in the USA. Between 1840 and 1920, the Routh family name was found in the following countries: USA, UK, Canada, and Scotland. The surname Routh is an English habitational name that originated in Routh, East Yorkshire. The name may come from the Old Norse word hrúthr, which means "scurf" or "rough ground".

Routh seems to be walking on "rough ground," as well, not happy with what his environment

is providing him and becoming such an activist to change it all without the needed experience

and skills to do so.  He has made enough wrong decisions in life to warrant the hoosegow as 

his final home.  

Records show Routh's issues with the law go back to the 1990s when in his 20's, and include lesser charges of writing bad checks. But in 2002 he was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction, a felony, according to North Carolina Department of Corrections records. In another incident, he was charged with misdemeanors, including a hit-and-run offense, resisting arrest, and a concealed weapons violation, the records show.  In 2003, he was sentenced for driving without a license, carrying a concealed weapon and hit-and-run. In 2010 he was convicted of possessing stolen goods. For each of these charges he was given probation.

 Ryan Wesley Routh  camped outside the golf course in West Palm Beach with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, according to court documents filed Monday. He is accused of lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent opened fire, thwarting the potential attack.

In an interview with Newsweek Romania in 2022, he said, "My initial goal was to come fight (in Ukraine)… but I'm 56, so initially they were like, I have no military experience, so they were like, you're not an ideal candidate. So they said, not right this minute. So plan B was to come here to Kyiv and promote getting more people here."  A TV news report showed a Ukrainian spokesman explaining that they thought something was mentally wrong with him at the time.  

"This is about good versus evil," he told the outlet in a video interview. So he became an activist.  According to posts on his Twitter account in 2020, Routh has expressed shifting political views over the years. In 2016, he supported Donald Trump, but by 2020, he voiced his dissatisfaction, stating, "I will be glad when you are gone."  Routh also supported Bernie Sanders in 2020, criticizing Joe Biden as "sleepy Joe"​. His political stance evolved further in 2024, where he expressed concern over democracy in a post tagging Biden, and telling him his campaign​ slogan should be "Keep America Democratic and Free." In 2020, he also supported Tulsi Gabbard, calling for an executive order on police misconduct​ and he made several small donations to the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, contributing 19 times in 2019 and 2020 with amounts ranging from $1 to $25, as recorded by the Federal Election Commission.^] By early 2024, he suggested a Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy ticket for the Republican primary.  Nikki has been my favorite also, so here he shows me a ray of sanity.  I wonder if our reasons for liking her are the same?  However, Ramaswamy would never be a choice of mine.  Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, Ramaswamy has increasingly generated controversy over his remarks about the U.S.’s role in the conflict, and his suggestion that the U.S. should not provide military aid to Israel until the government clearly outlines its steps after a Gaza invasion. 

Despite being a convicted felon, in 2024 he voted in the Democratic primary in Guilford County, North Carolina. Routh had additionally donated $140 to Democratic causes since 2019 and is registered in North Carolina as an independent voter.  This man has managed to keep out of jail but has been a petty criminal for a long long time.  Seems as if more than the FBI is needed to keep assassins from developing somehow, like our laws already on the books to be actually used, or people to follow up potential problematic people and help them if possible to become worthy citizens.  This man was caught just in the nick of time.  What happens now?  He was a firecracker ready to explode.  

Resource:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-assassination-attempt-investigation-ryan-wesley-routh-florida/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/us/ryan-routh-trump-what-we-know-intl-hnk/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-what-to-know-564c56e167c3cdc6c50f6a2e91db9a6c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Wesley_Routh

https://www.insideedition.com/who-is-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-ryan-wesley-routh-89024

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-820281

Biased Anti-Israel Woman Activist In North Carolina Running For Congressional Position

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                      

The last thing we need in Congress is to be populated by people who are already anti-Israel activists.  That means that they are already biased, coming in as people who will vote every time against anything friendly about Israel. Nida Allam in Durham, North Carolina has been spotted as just such a woman.

Allam has been checked out by researcher, Peter Reitzes, speech-language pathologist, author and reporter for Algemeiner of Chapel Hill, NC. but who works in Durham.   She won a seat as Durham County Commissioner in  2020.  Now she's filed and is running for Representative  David Price's seat who is a Democrat, so Democrats of North Carolina, please note who you are voting for and what they stand for.  Quote Peter Reitzes, "I first researched Allam during her 2019 campaign for County Commissioner, due to her anti-Israel positions. What I found was a history of abhorrent statements that extended far beyond Israel.

"In 2019, Allam tweeted a picture of herself standing with a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), an anti-Zionist group sign.  "Jewish Voice for Peace is a left-wing activist organization in the United States that supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. Its critics say it musters Jewish opposition to and works to undermine public support for Israel."  In other words, they are anti-Israel.  How disgusting a group they are who use their name as a ruse to cover what they really stand for.  Noam Chomsky is on their board.  No wonder!  He's a man born Jewish but has never understood what that means at all.  He's what I call a self-hater and an anti-Semite.  JVP has come under criticism from other Jewish groups that have branded the movement not only as anti-Semitic but also traitorous.

 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) describes JVP as “a radical anti-Israel activist group that advocates for a complete economic, cultural and academic boycott of the state of Israel.”

                                              

A little background about Allam.  She was born in Ottawa, Canada to a father from India and a mother from Pakistan. "A devout Muslim, she did not begin wearing the hijab full-time until she was in eighth grade."  She is the first Muslim to run for public office in North Carolina.  

That in itself isn't a bad thing at all.  One of my best friends is a Syrian Muslim who is very open-minded, highly intelligent  and  loves Jewish people.   I haven't heard from him in a long time, though.  Hope he's okay.  He is a rarity, I might add. 

 However, Allam is openly biased and is being extremely anti-Semitic. She has accused pro-Israel advocates of “allegiance to a foreign country” at a public event in an open letter.  Allam has repeatedly promoted her close ties with noted antisemite Linda Sarsour, calling Sarsour “my shero, role-model, mentor, and so much more.”  "Sarsour has been widely criticized for advocating for the destruction of Israel via the BDS movement and other means, saying, “Nothing is creepier than Zionism,” and advising Muslims not to “humanize” Israelis."

"Bob Gutman, a Jewish leader in Durham, said: “In her bid for local office, Nida Allam [ran on] an anti-Israel position. She has served for less than a year as a County Commissioner, and in that time, Allam has caused painful division in the city. Now she wants to leave Durham and take a seat with The Squad.”"  Then she'll be able to influence not only Durham County but Orange County as well.  In her short political career, Nida Allam has alienated both black and Jewish constituents. North Carolinians need a representative who will foster peace and cooperation. Instead, Allam offers hate and division."

One thing that is hurtful to me is that Allam worked as a political director for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign.  Bernie, born a Jew,  is another self-hater in that he never stands for Israel that I have seen, and really didn't need anymore help from another anti-Israeli Muslim.  I imagine that Bernie thought she was just right.  My problem isn't with them, it's that they can induce others who are not prejudiced yet to be infected with their prejudice against Israel.  

Resource: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nida_Allam

https://unitedwithisrael.org/new-us-congressional-candidate-is-proudly-anti-israel/?utm_source=pushengage&utm_medium=pushnotification&utm_campaign=pushengage

https://jewishinsider.com/2021/11/a-north-carolina-congressional-candidate-has-a-long-history-of-anti-israel-activism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Voice_for_Peace