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Florence and Harvey...two names that I will forever dislike now.

As I've been praying for the folks in the path of Florence since we found out its path, something came to me today, and I'll get to that in a minute. One year ago, Houston, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Rockport, Port Aransas, Victoria, Conroe, Katy, and Port Arthur, were the hardest hit. After Harvey left the area, Addicks had floodgates opened, which flooded the surrounding area. The devastation was monumental, but what we saw from that was people helping people. Entire volunteer crews came with boats, jet skis, rafts, inner tubes, whatever floated, they were used to evacuate those who could not or would not leave before the flood waters hit. When the waters receded, again, volunteer crews came in and mudded out homes, helped folks recover what they could, treated homes for mold, or helped in the removal of what was left of the home. There were churches and organizations who stepped up to offer meals, shelter, clothing, goods...whatever was needed, no questions asked. There wa...