[Request] Please Suspend Housing Demolition for NA

[Gvaz]

If I had to quit for x months, maybe the house should be archived until I get back, which upon then it goes in a queue and gets auto placed somewhere at the next available opening. That way I can have my house and not loose all that progress on a house if I had a lack of funds or something.

I'm sitting here over an hour away from my home because I'm on day 5 of not having power. I'm one of the lucky ones - I had family that lived close enough I could go to their home and crash since they still had power and therefore AC. So many of my colleagues, friends, and neighbors are trapped in their homes and have no where else to go. Hotels with AC have no vacancy. You know what you need during the day when everything feels miserable? Some sort of mental escape.

It took me 2 days to get to come here because all the roads up were either flooded, no lights, or had debris on them. I was under curfew as well - too dangeous for non-essential needs people to be out. I live in Orlando. After the first day of the storm, it was hot, humid, and I had a ton of damage to clean. So did everyone around me. McDonald's had a 3 hour wait for food because they were the only ones open and able to sell hot food - and even that took 2 days. It is in the 90s - and there is no relief in sight - as so many of us still don't have power. You can't exactly go out and do anything to take your mind off the heat and lack of agency to do anything about it. Stores, even major retailers, are closed. They don't have power either. Its too hot out to do much work outside. When you get home there is no relief of sweet AC. You know what there is a ton of time to do? Day dream to take your mind off the misery. You can only fixate on the damage, hope of the power company fixing things, scavenging for ice to keep all your food from rotting away in the fridge, trying to just cool down and not lose hope. Yeah, some people are living in terrible situations - thinking of video games, since you can't exactly play them - gives a bit of relief. You don't know what it is like. Stop judging people for trying to take their minds off of being miserable just 'cause you think our thoughts should be fixated on the misery a natural disaster brings 24-7. Our brains need a break from it! Yeah, thinking about something we love that is a major form of entertainment and stress relief we're currently being denied - is vital. When you start looking at bucket trucks with linemen on them like you are 8 years old hearing the ice cream truck, it SUCKS.

While the situation sucks, truly it does, on another hand: Lots of time for Reading Books.

[Matrinka]

If I had to quit for x months, maybe the house should be archived until I get back, which upon then it goes in a queue and gets auto placed somewhere at the next available opening. That way I can have my house and not loose all that progress on a house if I had a lack of funds or something.



While the situation sucks, truly it does, on another hand: Lots of time for Reading Books.

I've plowed through a few of them so far. I'm just really depressed over this and want life to go back to normal.