“The community has come together in such a way, that nobody could ever imagine. We are such a united community and this horrible tragedy isn’t going to divide us.”
SAN ANTONIO — As flood and recovery operations have now entered into the second week, one nonprofit that answers the call when disasters strike, said they plan to keep moving forward.
Ryan Logue, Deputy Incident Coordinator with the United Cajun Navy, and Kerrville resident, said this mission is personal.
“For everybody here, people that have lived here their whole life, this town is in our heart,” Logue said.
Logue said when the Fourth of July flood waters started rising, he started making calls, and his brothers with the United Cajun Navy answered.
“It is a grass roots organization. We are just volunteers from all over the country, who care about humanity,” Logue said.
Logue said members from the organization started arriving the next day, and have been assisting agencies with boots on the ground, and in the water, vetting volunteers, and gathering supplies including medicine and equipment used to search.
Logue said it’s been a daily grind, and struggle, witnessing the devastation.
“That’s the hardest part. You almost get numb to it, until you turn around and you see something that you’ve never expected to see in your entire life and that’s when it hits you,” Logue said.
On Sunday morning a new flood threat halted recovery efforts and after more rain fell Kerr County officials ordered evacuations for searchers.
“No matter what hurdles we are up against, the United Cajun Navy and first responders, and everybody out there will be back at it again,” Logue said.
Logue said as the United Cajun Navy works to help Kerr County, the community has their backs too.
“At H-E-B the other day or other night. I got probably 6 to 8 hugs, just people walking up to me telling me thank you,” Logue said.
Logue believes the community is now united through the tragedy.
“This community has come together in such a way, that nobody could ever imagine. We are such a united community and this horrible tragedy is not going to divide us by any means, if anything I’ve seen such a strong community become even stronger,” Logue said.
If you would like to help the United Cajun Navy, you can visit their website, by clicking here.
On the website you can volunteer, or donate. They also ask that you like, follow, and share their social media pages.