S.W. Virginia Floods - 2003

Remember that Red Cross deal about being ready to go in 24 hrs. Well one morning in late February I get this call about 8:45am. from the Winston Salem chapter asking if I could help them drive the ERV to S.W. Virginia, and could I leave by 10:00am. It seems one of their drivers got sick and the ERV had to be in Virginia by that afternoon. I told them if they brought the ERV to High Point I could leave by 12:00. We met at noon and we were off to our destination the armory at Big Rock, VA. (that’s the name of the town). We got there at the appointed time. We meet the shelter team and set up for the clients to show-up. The reason we were there was because there was flooding in the area. The people in that vicinity were used to flooding, and they just go to the homes of family or friends to stay. In two days the only people we saw at the shelter were a couple of people who stopped by to see what we were doing there, and pick up some snacks. On the third day we were told to report to Roanoke, VA. where there was some flooding. There we loaded our ERV with clean–up kits which contain two boxes. One has a mop, broom, squeegee . The other kit has a bucket, bleach, & cleaner. We went to an apartment complex that was flooded and gave them out. We did that for two days then we came home.

West Virginia Floods
In May I went to Charleston, WV. to work in logistics. I did the supplies for the disaster headquarters. Which meant learning how to find my way around Charleston to find stuff that we needed to keep the operation going. Later on they needed a courier to go to Parkersburg, WV., a 2 hr ride one way to deliver financial reports. It was one way to see West Virginia.