Port Arthur Councilmember Doneane Beckcom took to Facebook live Thursday morning accusing Councilmember Tiffany Hamilton of not living in Port Arthur.She also a
not come back before six months, if at all. and, you know, don, we often talk about the resilience of people in the wake of these devastatining tragedies. i have to tell you that i have been just blown away by the doe su composure of the people i met here after they lost so much. people remaining so upbeat, so positive, smiling, even joking. i asked several people how it is they stayed so upbeat. they said you can t dwel on this, you have to deal with one thing at a time. get to a shelter, get your family food, make sure they re safe. at the end of the day, a lot of this stuff is just that, stuff. don? well said. thank you, alex. in the midst of the devastation in texas, the story of hurricane harvey and its aftermatt is one of neighbor helping neighbor. take, for example, port arthur city councilman, thomas. for six days he s been out helping his neighbors deal with this storm and yet his own house was damaged by three feet of
water. he shot this video of his home from his boat. we re going to put it up now. thomas kinlaw and his wife valley lapoint kinlaw join me now by phone. so i m grateful you can join us this evening, councilman. thank you so much. the storm is much worse than people in port arthur were bracing for. what has it been like for you guys? well, don, it s been nonstop. we have been actually getting calls, i mean, averaging 30 calls a day. we re going out. i m going out with volunteers. we got volunteers that s coming all over the state and even louisiana coming in and helping out. we have so many families are stuck in their houses because this particular storm caught us all by surprise. it came in so fast and it just kept on growing. and now we have families out there that needs help. so my wife and i, she s a nurse, and, wrouyou know, what could w? as a servant, as a public official, it s our job to help