Ike's Indiana Aftermath, four.five

The balance of Wednesday was spent cleaning out refrigerators, handing out and explaining food safety in emergencies, checked in on my disoriented seniors, checked on others, I had never met, left messages for the Red Cross Director, in three locations, handed out water and on and on.
Thursday, I woke up to "Ta Dah!, POWER! And phone service. Now you may have noticed that I have not complained about our utility companies. Nor will I. Many of these men and women were down in Texas, trying to help with their massive damages from Hurricane Ike. It took a couple of days to get back here. Once they did get here, they worked their proverbial tails off. Saw them all over the county, all of the time I was out on the road.
Received word that our United Way had a food donation to pick up, so I did. $377 and change of product from one of our local general stores. I took it to the Marengo Food Pantry, which was almost out of stock. Called the Director of The United Way of Perry County, told her of the "fix" our pantries were in, vented, asked her if she could make some calls on our county's behalf, so that I could continue to do my job. She readily agreed and did as she promised. By end of day, we had $700 dollars in promised donations and information as to where our pantries could pick up emergency food for free, plus additional donations of canned food. Thank You to a couple of anonymous donors, many private citizens and the Dare to Care Food Bank out of Louisville, Kentucky!
I then had a meeting with the manager of 3 senior apartment complexes. We got together a complete list of all of her senior shut-ins with no family. I added my live alone clients to the list and went "a hunting" for the Red Cross Director, once again. Down in Leavenworth, at the Red Cross feeding station, I asked a young volunteer if he would deliver a couple of hot meals to two of my clients that were not in good shape. He did this, pretty close, to immediately. I appreciated that, alot! I continued to visit senior citizens for the rest of the day. Let it be known, that on Thursday, I still found people eating out of their refrigerators. And the EMA, still clueless.