This is *MY* Texas
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We live fairly rural. I know of 2 locations tonight where neighbors who did have electricity cooked hot food and soups and created a “drive through” in a parking lot for those who were cold and hungry. Neighbors helping neighbors.
I’ll never live anywhere else.
We’re the same way in Louisiana, with volunteer groups like the Cajun Army and Cajun Navy rescuing people during floods/hurricanes, helping random people gut their flooded homes, distributing supplies/meals, etc.
Mad respect for the Cajun Army/Navy. I know they’ve helped a lot of us neighbor Texans out!
Yep, right before I started 2nd grade back in 1965, my dad decided to go to law school. We moved to NOLA a few days before Betsy hit. My dad lit up the bbq pit and seafood boiler and opened both to all of our neighbors so that they could cook the food in their freezers. He made numerous runs to a convenience store that sold dry ice so food would not go bad. Dad kept them going for the 2 weeks there was no electricity. We met many of our lifelong friends because of a disaster.
My prayers are with those in TX and OK and any others affected by this winter storm.
Great post, TXBeeLady!
No “mass looting”. That’s because most people here are just downright good folks; and the few that aren’t know we all have a gun… or several. ?
Kentucky has quite a bit in common with y'all ?
South Texas where I live in a rural area also. We have been without power and water since the 14th. Had a bunch of spare candles so shared the wealth. My neighbors were giving food, toilet paper, bottled water, etc. Power just came back on today but no water still. Love our Fire Department was giving water to the whole town. No looting or break-ins either. Love Texas! God Bless!
I lived in Fort Worth a long time ago, California transplant. What I found amazing was that when a Texan asked "How are you doing?", pardon me, "How y'all doin'?" it was a sincere question about your well being. In CA the same statement had the mechanics of caring but if you actually told someone what was going on in your life their reaction might be "Whoa dude oversharing, TMI!". But if you told a Texan things weren't going well their response was likely "Is there anything I can do for you to help?". I've held native Texans in high regard for decades for this..