Дейвид Маркус: Хилската страна тексасците са на аварийно облекчение след смъртоносно наводнение

-boerne, texas

в близостта на огромна покруса постоянно се крие още веднъж злокобна тишина. Such is the feeling in Boerne, Texas this week, about 25 minutes outside of the Kerr County flood zone where 82 souls have perished.

Within hours of the flash floods on Friday, Boerne (pronounced like Bernie), along with nearby towns such as Fredrickburg, and Welfare were already assembling supplies and arranging volunteers for their flooded neighbors, it's just what they do Тук.

Срещнах Дик пред кафенето с черна пушка на основната улица. Той е пенсиониран, живее в града от 25 години и ми сподели: „ Всички го усещат, в случай че това не ви натъжава, тогава не сте човек “. 

Когато попитах Дик дали той е сюрпризиран от това какъв брой нападателно реагира общността, той ми сподели: „ Изобщо, ето по какъв начин сме,„ добавяйки “, знаехте ли, Marcus

As we spoke beneath the unparalleled beauty of the same Texas skies that wrought such devastation last week we saw and heard massive equipment on the backs of flat beds, heading to Kerr County.

Dick wasn’t the first person to raise these Hill Country roots to me, even on my plane, the woman next to me, who lives in the area, gave me a short history of the freethinkers and their impact, and she was an immigrant from Columbia.

Later in the day I spoke with Kristen who lives in Fredericksburg and told me that she knew things looked bad early on Friday, and was annoyed at first by the initial lack of news coverage, " then we heard about the camp, that girls were missing, it was a gut punch. "

By Saturday morning she and her friends were bringing supplies to Comfort, TX which had turned what was supposed to be a legendary local fireworks show, into an emergency center.

This was also about when Rabbi Yosef Marrus of the Chabbad of Boerne, began not only collecting supplies, but contacting the organization's HQ in Brooklyn to begin a national fundraising campaign.

" The Jewish community in the Hill Country is small, Marrus told me, " but we are proud to be here and had to help, we are all Americans. "

Clint Sanders, owner of Bunker Branding in Boerne, Texas.

Marrus stressed to me the importance of finding out what specifically is needed in the area, in one case, a fire department was flush with food donations but didn’t have enough refrigerators to store them, not long after, the Chabbad bought 2 fridges and had them delivered.

One of the central locations where Marrus and others have staged supplies is Bunker Branding in Boerne, owned by Clint Sanders and his wife Jenna, and it was abuzz with activity on Monday morning.

" We do branding for a lot of websites, " Chris told me, " so we had a way to get word out and we needed to do something, and we have this warehouse пространство. "

Той ме преведе през оборудването, разнообразни предмети, сложени в близост, ремаркета на открито, с цел да бъдат опаковани, Сандърс също ми сподели, че да схвана какво е в действителност належащо, е основно, " Имаме звук дарили облекла горе, само че те не се нуждаят от всички облекла сега, идната седмица може би ще го създадат. "

впечатлявах, защото по време на интервенцията споделих, че той ще знае. Усмихнати и споделиха: „ Ние не. “

Това в действителност е най -впечатляващата част от всичко това, никой елементарен човек в действителност не знае какво да прави, откакто 20 фута вода се издига за 45 минути, като вземе с него десетки животи, само че благодарение на страната, локалните и федералните управляващи те се учат на работа с невероятна скорост. ДЖЕНА. Доверете се, че немските свободни връзки, които са заселили тази земя преди 175 години, биха били доста горди през днешния ден от общностите, които са основали.