We’ve been through another flood.
My heart goes out to people impacted. Cleaning up after one of these events is daunting. Having a house full of mud and water is unimaginable.
In the middle of this tragedy we see some of the best in Americans, people stepping up to help their neighbors and total strangers in their time of need. Some risked their own lives in water rescues. Others helped with the cleanup or stepped up with hot meals and donations. Americans volunteered their time, talent and money to help those in need.
After the 2016 floods our high school soccer team volunteered as part of the cleanup, distribution of food and cleaning supplies to those impacted. People drove hundreds of miles to help. They showed up at the distribution center and reported to the State Policewoman in charge with the question, “Where can we help?” She put them to work. Trucks showed up from out of state full of much-needed donated supplies.
gkozera@shalecrescentusa.com
We’ve been through another flood. My heart goes out to people impacted. Cleaning up after one of these events is daunting. Having a house full of mud and water is unimaginable. In the middle of this tragedy we see some of the best in Americans, people stepping up to help their neighbors and total strangers in their time of need. Some risked their own lives in water rescues. Others helped with the clean-up or stepped up with hot meals and donations. Americans volunteered their time, talent and money to help those in need.
After the 2016 floods our high school soccer team volunteered as part of the clean-up, distribution of food and cleaning supplies to those impacted. People drove hundreds of miles to help. They showed up at the distribution center and reported to the State Policewoman in charge with the question, “Where can we help?” She put them to work. Trucks showed up from out of state full of much needed donated supplies.
Shale Crescent USA opened 2020 with excitement and expectation.
The organization had big plans for the World Petrochemical Conference in New Orleans in March. Representatives were set to speak at Select USA, a huge conference put on by the U.S. Commerce Department at Washington, D.C., in June. In late February, the group had a follow-up meeting with an Asian company in Houston. It had just incorporated in the USA and was planning to open an office in the Shale Crescent USA region in advance of manufacturing operations. A regional tour and meetings were being set up for April with an Israeli company that has a unique recycling process with a negative carbon footprint. Existing projects were moving forward.
We learned our 28-year-old grandson contracted it.
He lives out of state, and we haven’t seen him since the pandemic started. We communicate via phone and text.
Even though he works from home, somehow, he picked up the virus.
Fatigue along with the loss of taste and smell were his main symptoms.
I talked to him by phone today. He sounded good and is feeling stronger. His senses of taste and smell have returned.
Lynnda and I are relieved he is improving. But COVID isn’t going quietly. He said he feels like he is in a fog sometimes and is having trouble stringing thoughts together. This is getting better, but no one knows how long it will last.