businesses as well. and we re a very, you know, small community that relies heavily on our coastal communities with their shrimping and crabbing and fishing and our timber. and so if the track stays the same and we see the storm surge that they are predicting, it would be very devastating for our little county and the surrounding counties around us. so mandy, what do you need residents to know right now? what is your message to them? absolutely need them to pay attention and don t take this lightly. we had a lot of people slowly starting to move into dixie county the past couple year which is we love, but for those that may not have been through something like this before, definitely listen to your neighbors that has lived in florida, has been through hurricanes and can give the best advice on what they seen in this area with how storm surge happens especially with the high tides. and we did just order that
anthony: the pho here is good. brisket, eye round, meatball, tripe and tendon, just like back home. ceviche made from vinh s fresh shrimp. and, of course, tacos with eggs, jalapeños, and tomatoes. the kids who grew up in this community yen: these are the kids bryan: yeah, these are the kids right here. anthony: what are they doing? dough:i was born here in 76, so i m a natural born citizen. working with my dad, right-hand man, you know? shrimping, building boats. just kind of seeing what they went through, i mean it s, i definitely appreciate life, you know? kimberly: jen here s a lawyer, my sister s an engineer, i m in the medical field, so there s still that, you know, your parents want you to have practical jobs. anthony: right. so you came here, what year? tv: 1975. anthony: so you came over in the first tv: yeah. i got on american ship and got the hell out of there. i come over here no shoes, i tell you the truth, i don t have even penny in my pocket wh
anthony: how many pounds a day do you get? the shrimping has declined considerably since the 1980s, but the bay still provides a solid livelihood for people like vinh who made it out of vietnam on a tiny handmade boat. his engine died, and he and his family were lost in the south china sea for nine days before being rescued by a cargo ship. he became a united states citizen in 1990 and raised his family here in palacios. so what year did you come here? how long have you been doing this? vinh: i have been 1985. anthony: and what year did you arrive in this country? vinh: i left my country in 1979. anthony: how old were you when you got here? vinh: 21 years old. anthony: you were 21. so why shrimp? how did you come to this business? vinh: my cousin. anthony: cousin, okay. vinh: my cousins are living here. anthony: right. vinh: and i work on a job first, but they told me, they
told me that, they ve very good for shrimping. good for shrimp, make money more. anthony: back on dry land, vinh s first stop is the point, the town s general store. it s owned and operated by pillars of the community, yen and bryan tran, who separately came over from vietnam around the same time, met, married and raised three children here. bryan: this is my dream. i came here with nothing. 17 years old. first job i had working, washing dishes. so my boss told me and said, hey, you re a hard worker. you know, maybe one day you re going to be the boss. so i had that thing in my mind. after i get married, i told my wife, i said, open a restaurant. and she stopped me, and she said, no, you re crazy! so after all my kids went to college, they got a good job, i would mention it again, and she said, okay.