Texas Hill Country has many volunteers, many sending money, FEMA, our Texas based beloved grocery store, HEB. HEB actually has disaster 18 wheelers that roll up to disasters. You might say we have our own version of FEMA.
Governor Abbot called President Trump and asked for military helicopters...
A little neighborly help this morning. Courtney texted the shot I heard was her shooting a raccoon that was after her chickens. Anatolians were raising cane, looking in her direction. Then she called, only wounded the coon, it ran off, meanwhile she had to go get her toddler, could I come shoot...
Hill country is getting hammered again. Rivers are flooding again, mandatory evacuations.
Search and recovery efforts are stopped for safety. Some 150 still missing.
The Wilson family camped overnight on July 4, on their way for Shiloh to compete in a youth rodeo. They were swept away and drowned. The parents were found first, several days later, Shiloh was found.
I went to Kingwood yesterday to show support for the family of Jeff, Amber and finally...
On my second cup of coffee. Finally got son on a plane and to Albuquerque. That was Wednesday. Had to go to Hobby airport, on the south side of Houston. That meant running the gauntlet down highway 59, the future I-69 and is labeled with signage for both, then in downtown Houston, switching over...
Coffee is ready, spike mine with bourbon. Took son to Tyler yesterday to catch 5 PM flight. Flight was delayed. Delayed. Delayed. Canceled. Rescheduled for today. Cancelled, no flights at all for today. I left at 8:30 to go get him. Got back 12:45 PM. He was looking up flights to Albuquerque...
I watched a video where they dragged a car out of the water using a winch on a wrecker. The men couldn’t open the doors so they broke windows. Finally got doors open and it was full of mud. They dug mud out with shovels. This is what the responders and volunteers are doing to every vehicle...
Coffee is ready. Search for bodies is still ongoing. So much debris, cars, trucks, destroyed homes and buildings reduced to splinters. Trees, unimaginable. Heartbreak.
Y’all pray for the families affected by this tragedy.
This is 300 miles and 5 1/2 hours away from me.
I cannot fathom the loss and grief. My own granddaughter is going to camp next week. This hits home...
Carson got his truck ride and mule ride. Yesterday I went and got feed, it’s a one hour drive. He thinks everybody is his friend and loves attention. He got his dog biscuits from his favorite lady that works there
Carson got his truck ride and mule ride. Yesterday I went and got feed, it’s a one hour drive. He thinks everybody is his friend and loves attention. He got his dog biscuits from his favorite lady that works there.
Coffee is ready! I’m going to Fort Worth today to visit friends. I’ll be back tomorrow afternoon. I start teaching Sunday school again this weekend for my 3 month quarter. Our church is so small, all the kids are in the same class. It gets interesting.