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Contractor Returns From Ike Cleanup Effort

 

My good friend recently returned home from a month long effort to help cleanup the flooding and damage left behind after hurricane Ike hit Texas and the Gulf Coast this summer. The most damage caused to fences is caused from wind. The wind can rip gates right of their hinges, or destroy an entire fence. Forces of nature always cause endless property damage. Fires are a whole other problem.

A friend of mine used to work for Scott as his Sales Manager, and they have a great working relationship still, working together on many projects in this area.

Scott wrote on his blog about the effort:

I recently returned from Texas after a months stay helping with the relief efforts from hurricane Ike. Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast causing millions of dollars in damage and leaving many homeless. Galveston was hit the hardest by the storm, but I saw many homes destroyed in both Freeport and Houston.

I met and spoke with many people in campgrounds and at hotels who had lost their homes in the storm. Most of these people had all of their belongings with them, which usually equaled a suitcase with enough cloths for a week. The hotels and campgrounds were accommodating to the victims, allowing them to bring pets and stay extended periods of time.

As we have all heard of the devastation that Katrina brought, it never hit home as hard as it did speaking with the victims of a storm. To have a person sit in front of you and explain that they lost everything, literally, was very humbling.

We will keep the victims of this storm in our thoughts and prayers. Many thanks to the men and women who are still in Texas and will stay in Texas for many months, or even years, until the cities are restored.

A special thanks to Brian Murphy of Triad Restoration for sacrificing all he has at home to help build fences in Texas and letting me be a part of his team.

Being from Florida and living through many hurricanes, our family and church have sent many prayers out to these families that are dealing with complete loss of all they had.

Kudos to Scott for leaving this area (with his wife’s permission, I imagine!) for an entire month to help out. We are glad to have him back, and thankful he has the courage to and compassion to help others