Imagine, your childhood pictures, the rocking chair you remember your grandmother rocking in or every important document you have like the deed to a home……..gone! …. or so very wet and damaged that it can’t be saved.
That is the reality for many people as the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey is sliding off of the map and into the history books. This hurricane and others, along with fires and auto accidents happen regularly to people just like you and me. Tragic events happened last week, and will happen next week. As you read this, you may even be one of the people whose life direction, including your home and possessions were blown way off course by the wind and water swirling across the Atlantic from the African Continent and leaving a destructive path in the United States.
If you are a victim of the Hurricane Harvey, or any other tragedy, here is what we want you to know: We hold you in our thoughts and care that you are facing a loss and the challenge of recovery.
The many deaths already attributed to the storm have ripped open and left a gaping hole in the hearts of loved ones that were a part of the lives of those that died. We know and feel the losses you have had. Many of us have had to face tragedy, and we are thankful that people do care and stand for the kind of help that is a part of the American soul. We care too.
Over the next several days, we are going to do what we can to help. We will use this social media platform to talk with you about the next steps. I recall the book title “Bad Things Happen to Good People.” It is true. We have seen that too many times.
We want you to know what you can do to save precious belongings, how to make sure that your insurance does for you what it should, and what you can do to help keep your family healthy.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to give you whatever help we can. We are experts in housing and environmental issues and are here to serve our clients in good times and bad.
That means a lot to all of us. We know that the next tragedy could be ours and we believe that you would do what you could to help us. It is what makes this a good and decent nation at its very core.No Matter How Devastating a Disaster is, the Sun Will Come Out Again Our Hope is that the Wait is Short
No Matter How Devastating a Disaster is, the Sun Will Come Out Again
Our Hope is that the Wait is Short
Take a look around to see if there are people stuck in harm's way because their health or resources do not allow them to leave. It is hard for us to to "see" or "know" these people because they are stuck in their homes hampered by sickness or age. They are often ashamed or unable to ask for help. They may be too proud to ask for the help they need. Please find them and try to help the forgotten people who can not get themselves to safety. The year that Florida had three hurricanes my parents-in-law were in Florida. That was also the year that Alzheimer's had affected them both to the point that they were not the people they had been (they were vibrant intelligent, outgoing individuals before Alzheimer's) .....They were not yet willing to let us move them up north again to be near us...and PA is far from Florida. You (me in that instance) can not fly into pending disaster areas on short notice.....but in all three hurricane evacuation instances, good people helped evacuate these people. By the way, my in-laws were the ones who helped others when they were able.