Life in a small town
As I mentioned before, we had a bit of a disaster in The City (My The City). While my house was technically in the evacuation zone, my subdivision was not told to evacuate. So, I stayed put with the family.
Hats off to CSX. Seriously. They came in and booked hotel rooms for the displaced locals. They provided food, water, and even cash to people.
But, also, hats off to my fellow The City (My The City)ans. Through social media, I watched as, via neighborhood facebook pages and a local gun board, people aiding other people. Locals were offering to pick people up and transport them to safety, taking food and water to other people, looking after pets, and, generally, being excellent to each other.
I like this town. I think I’ll stay.
July 6th, 2015 at 8:15 pm
That’s great, and yeah, I’d stay there too! 🙂
July 6th, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Pro tip #1: Have an emergency bail out plan.
Pro tip #2: Have community. It’s just as important as the emergency bail out plan because not everyone will have one.
Congrats on picking a good place to live.
July 6th, 2015 at 10:46 pm
The city (your the city) sounds like the kind of community that made the country (our the country) great..
July 9th, 2015 at 12:19 pm
As a CSX employee, I can assure you the effort they’re going to is not coming from the bottom of their hearts. It is decidedly an effort to reduce the number and severity of lawsuits. That said, I’m glad they seem to be doing all they can.