During our last County emergency, events AS I SAW THEM, happened like this;
After the windstorm that lasted 4 plus hours, everyone lost power and all phone service. Due to the power loss, many properties could not draw water from their wells. "City" water was limited to what was in the storage tanks. There was no communication between most citizens and government. Most folks did not know how long the power was going to be out, how bad damage actually was, where to get gas or water or where they needed to go for assistance.
After cutting our way out of the driveway on Monday, I checked in with my office in another county (drove until I found one working phone). Everything was okay there, the outage only lasted a few hours. I told them that I was cleaning up debris and would be back to work on Tuesday.
Back to work. This might have been an understatement. First thing Tuesday, I arrive at my office in Crawford County. No power, no phones, no e-mail, no EMA. Yes, I share a building with the Emergency Management Agency and Health Department. The county nurse and her crew, were working in the dark. EMA, had been moved to the courthouse (the only building with powerful enough generators to run things effectively) and our office was moving it's headquarters to the 4H park. Why I wondered?
Seems that EMA and the IN Department of Homeland Security had requested emergency water for our county, that it was being delivered to the fairgrounds and this was happening by 10:30am. Alright, I thought. I could check on some seniors, go to the fairgrounds and be back on the road by 1:00pm, no problem.
Problem. One o'clock rolls around, no water trucks. By three-ish, I hit the road. Two miles down, I see 9 brand new State dump trucks heading towards the fairgrounds. I whip a U turn and follow them to their destination. Ahh...Crawford County's water has arrived!
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