Hurricane Harvey Brings Out The Humanity In People By Beth Wade, CFE


          


  Cy-Fair Independent School District. We are located in northwest        - trict is the largest employer in the area, and the superintendent is the most recognized leader. 


 down and reviewed everything I needed to do to prepare for a hurri- cane, including stocking up on water and non-perishable foods, keep-  and to put away all outdoor items because they could be projectiles. Fortunately, that storm missed us. 


     east and into the winds, it took both hands gripping the steering wheel  


        -       through the parking lots and that we had a gate down. I called the  heavy black clouds above me as I drove searching the sky for more tornadoes.  


 pole signs twisted, shingles and wood from the neighbor’s roofs, a base- - tion missing, and a port-a-john from the construction site. We walked  the gate up, parked our decoy police car in front of it, and went back home.


            


 


   sent us home after four hours. Four hours later, I got the call that Berry


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Center was to open to give people a place to go after being rescued,     and whatever belongings they could carry. We met them with a towel,  eat. Some never made it in the door since a friend or family member was waiting to take them to their home. Some stayed an hour, and  What was so amazing is that the decision was made to open our facility  police force was on-site, the concession department opened to provide a meal, and people started arriving because they needed help or want- ed to help with bags, towels, blankets, clothes, hygiene products, etc. A couple of hours later, I walked out to the area, and volunteers had


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