Storm Reaction Brings Out the Best in Our Community

Wow. What a week it has been.

At the end of last week we were concerned about the threat of possible flooding in our area. As this week is coming to a close, we are realizing the extreme effects of Mother Nature. The flooding was worse than anticipated. Hundreds of people, in La Grange alone, lost everything. The final number from across the state will be staggering.

The flooding affected our Fayette County Record family in a very personal way. Our production manager, John Castaneda lost everything. He was given evacuation orders on Sunday and did so with his wife and two young daughters.

While the Colorado River was rising, filling up his home on Monday, he left his children with their grandmother at the hotel. He came to work to make sure we got our newspaper out on time. His wife went to Care Inn to help with the evacuation of the residents from that facility. As the waters rose, the route back to hotel was flooded and neither of them could get back to their children.

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