There I am, standing with a colleague from the Press Journal, taking refuge from the pounding rain underneath a carport that hadn’t been ripped off and we got a big surprise.
The resident of one of the mobile homes in Vero Palm Estates, which just got slammed with either high winds or a tornado, popped her head out.
We automatically asked if she minded if we hunkered down for a little bit underneath the carport. Her reply just warmed my soaked heart.
With a smile, this nice older lady asked simply, “if we would like some water?”
Sam Wolfe and I just thanked her and said we were all right.
But can you imagine even being in that situation? Caring about someone else?
I think I would have been just shocked from hearing and seeing what looked to be a bomb that went off in my community.
That is just one reason I love it here. People still care about one another. Thankfully there haven’t been any reports of injury in the community I was taking photos of that day.