Storm of Stuff
As I carried the sixth TV from the house to toss on the trash pile, I thought of how much time had been spent earning the money that had been used to buy all of the stuff now rotting in the late summer heat. There were easily over 90 pairs of shoes that were added to the pile of trash, among dressers, couches, bed frames, mattresses, TV stands, kitchen cabinets, papers, pictures and hundreds of articles of clothes. It was devastating for the family to see all of their stuff being carried out of their flooded home and having to determine what they wanted to try salvage from Tropical Storm Imelda. Ms Tonya, Mr Doug, Ms Maria and DJ were grateful to be safe and repeatedly expressed, “We still have our family and that’s what matters. That’s all we have.” This is just a portion of what we pulled out of the home after Tropical Storm/Depression Imelda. If flood waters rushed into our home in the middle of the night, what of ours would be ruined and lost? A lot. Would ...