With the disastrous flooding in NC, I imagine many boxes will be lost forever. Is there any news from folks living there? Such a tragedy. It is hard to watch the news.

I've heard from many boxers, those I've heard from are fine. Everyone in the Raleigh area I believe is fine.

I'm positive we've lost a lot of boxes. Of my own boxes I know of 9 at one site where looking at the flooding map there might be 3 left. I have my HHH on I-95 south outside Fayetteville that had floated a few trees away after Matthew, but the water got higher this time. I'm hoping to check on that when I can get down there. And I know of one I put in a graveyard that was feet from the flooding stage after Matthew, and I'm sure is in the creek now. Matthew was supposed to be historic flooding and none of these were planted in areas that were supposed to flood again for decades:( I also have 3 in New Bern and 1 in Wilmington that I'm sure are gone.

In the end, I'm sad that these boxes are likely missing (and who knows where they've ended up..feet away? Down the river? In the ocean!??!!) but as long as the people are ok....we can replant!

There are a lot of people in the region who JUST rebuilt after Matthew and are facing the same thing again, barely 2 years later. I don't know if there are any letterboxers dealing with that part, but surely we all have neighbors and friends affected :(

So happy to hear you are ok my friend! You are right, boxes can be replaced, people cant.

Fortunately, it appears there are not many boxes/boxers in the area. We went to Kinston, NC on vacation in July. Boxes in the area were slim pickins. We planted a box while we were there and it took a while to be found, by people passing thru on their way to the beach.

But very thankful to hear that folks are ok <3

I imagine our Venus flytrap box in Wilmington is gone and it is 15 years old. But our sister who lives there is safe and had very little damage. Her sister in law wasn’t as lucky and has major damage to her house. Unrelated to the storm she also lost her fiancée. We love Wilmington and are thinking of all of the residents.

I'll have to run by and check on your Venus flytrap the next time I am down. It's near my brother-in-laws house.

My relatives at the beach fared pretty well with just minor issues. They are all in the Shallotte/Ocean Isle Beach area between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach.
I know that my sister's box in Calabash is safe (in a restaurant) and my box at my parents house is fine (off the ground). My other box in the area was temporarily inaccessible due to construction, so I don't know when I will be able to check on it to see if it still there or not.