Thanks you, Sugar; both community helpers were grateful for my offerings.
The second one I went to didn't even have a Firehall or a community centre; they were meeting outdoors at the boat launch area. That is a small reserve compared to the other one and they only had one picnic table there. I started hauling stuff out of my car and a woman whom I'd asked directions of along the road had reached the spot with her young daughter. She yelled out to the mere dozen people filling sand bags while two other vehicles were ready to deliver some to the residents. She informed them that I was dropping stuff off for them to eat and drink; I also thought to bring napkins and hand sanitizer. After I unloaded everything and was getting back in my car, they yelled, "Thank you, wonderful lady." If my health was better, I would have stayed and helped stuff the sand bags.
A friend of mine who was on duty, but not assigned to my husband's care had her home damaged already by the floods and a co-worker is bracing for impact.
There are flood warnings for my city, but we have 56 thousand people living here so I wasn't as worried about helping out here as I was about getting to some people who are more isolated and experiencing a rush on their emergency situation.
This is the worst since about '79. It's supposed to be sunny again tomorrow - so three days of sun could help although they're calling for rain on Monday and Tuesday.
Nice out there today, a bit cool, but the sun is warm so it fools you.
