Due to the recent storms that have plagued our coastline many people are without power, water, and even a home. I watch the news and see all the devastation and feel lucky to live in the midwest where we have had a pretty mild summer. Our local news announced that a group was going to be traveling to the coast to help out for two weeks and I knew I wanted to go along. I own a small HVAC repair company and I figured I could help repair units that had been damaged once the power was restored. I talked to a few of my guys and they said that they wanted to go along as well. We loaded the trucks with tools and basic spare parts and headed out to meet up with the group. By the time we arrived power had been restored to about half of the residents. It was nearly ninety degrees outside and miserable. The community where we were working was using the school as a shelter for people who could not return home yet. We started there and within a few hours had the HVAC system up and running in that building. That became our home base for the duration of our stay. Slowly we were able to help repair systems that were not too badly damaged and made some real progress over the two weeks. The people we were able to help were very thankful and we felt good about making a small difference. If more people were able to do just a little, places that face these hardships would be much better off and recover more quickly.
