That afternoon, a coordinator forWorld Central Kitchenasked if they could help prepare food.
But to keep their operation going they faced a major challenge.
Like everyone else in town, they needed water.
Ruston Waldron, Molly Irani, Rob McNamara, John Honeycutt, and Clayton Weddell.Credit:Molly Milroy
The infrastructure of the reservoir and the water system that feeds downtown is decimated.
And not only is it decimated, the roads that access it are decimated.
He got us wired up to a tank so we could just start cooking.
Meherwan and Molly Irani.
This is probably the poorest water situation Ive ever seen.
The scope is intensely large.
The work is grueling, but he says its also gratifying to see the results.
When you first encounter people, theyre worn out and theyve experienced horrible trauma, he says.
And it just grows and it passes a wave of hope from one person to the next.
Ive gotten cheers and rounds of applause every time I told them their water was running, Waldron says.
I just wish I could have seen this place before the storm because its gorgeous.
How To Help
Hereis a list of local nonprofits and ways to help.
What they expected to take two years happened in two weeks.
Brad Harris and Ruston Waldron.Credit:Photo courtesy of Ruston Waldron
Ruston Waldron and Rob McNamara.
Molly Irani and Marissa Best (aka “The Water Czar”.
