9.4.17 Adam News and Info
Sept 4, 2017 22:25:23 GMT -5
Post by lulu1265 on Sept 4, 2017 22:25:23 GMT -5
Another story from my area about how amazing people are helping Texans!
Mel Kemp-Campbell shared Brian N Chrystal Hudson's post.
3 hrs ·
(I couldn't figure out how to insert the pic of these two men, will add later when I figure it out LOL!!!)
September 2 at 11:43 am
PLEASE SHARE: So last night Brian and his brother, Gary, left Gary's home in Port Neches to bring supplies to his nephew, Brad, who is flooded in Orange. They made it to Orange and got Brad set up with a generator, 110 a/c unit, drinking water, fans, snacks, etc. When they left Orange headed back they were turned around at the Rainbow Bridge. They called Karen and I and we started searching drivetexas.org for alternate routes. They were turned around by law enforcement on every route we suggested, but an officer offered one more option. This option led them to a 4-way stop on FM 1442 between Orange and Vidor. Three of the four roads at the 4-way were flooded and there were two guys there in a suburban with a boat. Gary rolled down the window and asked the men for directions, assuming they were posted at that location to turn traffic around. The men told him that they weren't locals and apologized for not being able to help with ideas for alternate routes. This led him to ask where they were from. In the near hour-long conversation that followed the men explained that they were father and son, both electricians, from Riverside, California. They saw the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and feld compelled to help in some way. They picked up a newspaper and answered an ad advertising a small boat for sale. They gathered $1,300 and bought the boat on the good word of the seller that it ran and was sound. They hooked it up to their early 2000 model Suburban and started driving. They drove straight through to Southest Texas, some 1,600 miles, without stopping not knowing where exactly they were going and with no plan for food or lodging. They arrived in the Orange area only to find that their outboard motor , in fact, did not run. Having never owned a boat before, they tried everything they could think of to fix it including removing it from the boat and turning it upside down and shaking it! Finally the motor was running and they were off, without a plan, to help whomever happened to cross their path. While leaning on the truck and swatting mosqitoes, they told of how they'd been dragging wet flooring and furniture out of flooded homes, gave people boat rides to dry land, and spent one day carrying 50 lb sacks of dried corn on their heads while walking through chest deep flood water to feed whitetail deer who were near starving on a flooded ranch where they were raised. They just rode around in their little boat doing anything and everything that was helpful. They were sleeping in their vehicle by the 4-way stop at night, eating MRE's, amid the heat, humidity, and mosquitoes. Neighborhood residents offered them hot meals and a shower, but they wouldn't accept anything in return for their kindness. Brian had Gary expressed their appreciation for their good deeds and got back on the road, resigned to sleep at Brad's house in Orange (because, after all, he did have an air conditioner now!) and try again in the morning. After a few miles, they realized that they didn't get the mens' names and turned around and went back to the 4-way stop. They traded addresses and Brian took their picture beside their boat, to which an American flag had been affixed to the stern. Brian and Gary tried to give them some money to help with their expenses, but they refused. Gary promised a Texas-sized ass whoopin' if they didn't accept their contribution! The boys arrived at Brad's house with empty wallets in awe of the unselfish strangers. Brian said he had never been so humbled and felt like he'd met God. This is the humanity we want to raise our son to believe in, and if he grows up to be anything like these two gentlemen we will be satisfied that we raised him right. Celebrities can give millions, we can text to donate $10, but this wasn't just a donation, it was an investment in another human being, a stranger in need. This story needs to ho viral. This is what the news needs to cover instead of looters and price gouging. Please share this and help us recognize these unsung heroes. Eugene and Michael Silva...you may be Californians, but the Hudson boys are proud to adopt you as honorary Texans. If more people raised their sons to be like you, the world would be a much better place.
Mel Kemp-Campbell shared Brian N Chrystal Hudson's post.
3 hrs ·
(I couldn't figure out how to insert the pic of these two men, will add later when I figure it out LOL!!!)
September 2 at 11:43 am
PLEASE SHARE: So last night Brian and his brother, Gary, left Gary's home in Port Neches to bring supplies to his nephew, Brad, who is flooded in Orange. They made it to Orange and got Brad set up with a generator, 110 a/c unit, drinking water, fans, snacks, etc. When they left Orange headed back they were turned around at the Rainbow Bridge. They called Karen and I and we started searching drivetexas.org for alternate routes. They were turned around by law enforcement on every route we suggested, but an officer offered one more option. This option led them to a 4-way stop on FM 1442 between Orange and Vidor. Three of the four roads at the 4-way were flooded and there were two guys there in a suburban with a boat. Gary rolled down the window and asked the men for directions, assuming they were posted at that location to turn traffic around. The men told him that they weren't locals and apologized for not being able to help with ideas for alternate routes. This led him to ask where they were from. In the near hour-long conversation that followed the men explained that they were father and son, both electricians, from Riverside, California. They saw the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and feld compelled to help in some way. They picked up a newspaper and answered an ad advertising a small boat for sale. They gathered $1,300 and bought the boat on the good word of the seller that it ran and was sound. They hooked it up to their early 2000 model Suburban and started driving. They drove straight through to Southest Texas, some 1,600 miles, without stopping not knowing where exactly they were going and with no plan for food or lodging. They arrived in the Orange area only to find that their outboard motor , in fact, did not run. Having never owned a boat before, they tried everything they could think of to fix it including removing it from the boat and turning it upside down and shaking it! Finally the motor was running and they were off, without a plan, to help whomever happened to cross their path. While leaning on the truck and swatting mosqitoes, they told of how they'd been dragging wet flooring and furniture out of flooded homes, gave people boat rides to dry land, and spent one day carrying 50 lb sacks of dried corn on their heads while walking through chest deep flood water to feed whitetail deer who were near starving on a flooded ranch where they were raised. They just rode around in their little boat doing anything and everything that was helpful. They were sleeping in their vehicle by the 4-way stop at night, eating MRE's, amid the heat, humidity, and mosquitoes. Neighborhood residents offered them hot meals and a shower, but they wouldn't accept anything in return for their kindness. Brian had Gary expressed their appreciation for their good deeds and got back on the road, resigned to sleep at Brad's house in Orange (because, after all, he did have an air conditioner now!) and try again in the morning. After a few miles, they realized that they didn't get the mens' names and turned around and went back to the 4-way stop. They traded addresses and Brian took their picture beside their boat, to which an American flag had been affixed to the stern. Brian and Gary tried to give them some money to help with their expenses, but they refused. Gary promised a Texas-sized ass whoopin' if they didn't accept their contribution! The boys arrived at Brad's house with empty wallets in awe of the unselfish strangers. Brian said he had never been so humbled and felt like he'd met God. This is the humanity we want to raise our son to believe in, and if he grows up to be anything like these two gentlemen we will be satisfied that we raised him right. Celebrities can give millions, we can text to donate $10, but this wasn't just a donation, it was an investment in another human being, a stranger in need. This story needs to ho viral. This is what the news needs to cover instead of looters and price gouging. Please share this and help us recognize these unsung heroes. Eugene and Michael Silva...you may be Californians, but the Hudson boys are proud to adopt you as honorary Texans. If more people raised their sons to be like you, the world would be a much better place.