In the midst of all the chaos, there are still some people with genuine hearts that have come out to help with rescue endeavors.
According to NPR, Louisianians are taking their own boats into the flooded streets and contributing to the rescue efforts. Tony Wade told The Advocate that the people of Baton Rouge and utilizing their experiences from past events and “the group is going in with rescues in mind, but that they are capable and prepared to help recover people who don’t survive.”
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Some of these Louisianians are known as the “Cajun Navy”.
In addition, Valeri Martin took initiative in helping abandoned pets. This dog lover and her best friend, Christina Paaske, decided to take matters into their own hands and drove around dryer areas, picking up tied up dogs and giving them a dry home to stay in. Martin and Paaske were fortunate enough not to be affected by the storm, so they took their fortune and shared their homes with several rescued dogs.
Many social media platforms, such as Twitter, have been taken over as a kind of improvised emergency dispatch. Twitter came in handy to help a nursing home in Dickinson. According to The Galveston County Daily News, 15 nursing home residents have been rescued from the devastating weather conditions. It all started with a photo that Timothy McIntosh posted on Twitter; it soon went viral and within just a few hours, residents were rescued.
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Sources: NPR, The Advocate, The Galveston County Daily News
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