Johnny Crowder (Prison, ex-Dark Sermon) has revealed that his home in Tampa, FL was recently decimated by Hurricane Milton. You can help him out by donating via GoFundMe.
Crowder commented:
“I keep praying to wake up from this nightmare.
I am heartbroken to share that I lost my home in Hurricane Milton. I am physically safe, but to be transparent, I am mentally and emotionally devastated.
I’ve spent the last week in a state of shock, alternating between random intervals of uncontrollable sobbing and outright denial.
As a Tampa native, I’ve survived dozens of hurricanes relatively unscathed. I never thought this kind of thing could happen to me. I had that “Florida man” invincibility mindset.
This was my first home that was 100% mine. A quiet, clean, peaceful, safe place. No shouting, cursing, alcohol, smoke, or even scary movies. I always knew what drawer the Scotch tape was in. My haven.
Now, it is gone. In the blink of an eye. And there is nothing I can do about it.
I am a wreck. I’ve experienced extraordinary hardship in my life, and people fly me all over the planet to share my stories of resilience and overcoming adversity. But this one has me stumped.
Where is the silver lining? Where is that big “a-ha” takeaway that I can point to as a core learning from this loss, leveraging the disaster’s momentum against itself like a Judo master?
Aren’t I supposed to be the goodbye negative thoughts, positive mental attitude guy?
They say that the stages of grief are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. I feel like I am experiencing all 5 at the same time.
I hope to eventually extract some smart, quippy nugget of learning from this that I can plop into my keynotes and use to inspire others.
But right now, I need help. Plain and simple.
My good friend Randy created a GoFundMe to help cover some of the costs, and I’ll share the link below. Please donate, or if you can’t donate, share it with your network.
And if you don’t want to do either of those things, prayer and friendship go a long way in times like this.
Thank you for caring, and thank you for sharing.”
Metal Anarchy 
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