Four Points residents and members of the Austin Christian Fellowship Disaster Recovery Team take a break after working to help Wimberley residents dig out from under the damage of recent floods. Left to right are Keith Shaw, Angel Figeroa, Mark Crenwelge, Pam Crenwelge, Keith Morton and Matt Morton.
By KIM ESTES, Four Points News
Four Points residents, businesses and churches are making a difference in the flood-ravaged town of Wimberley.
“To see it in real life, you feel so small. Huge trees that are hundreds of years old, are down: like someone came through with a roller and rolled everything down,” said Nicole Korensky, a local resident who has teamed up with others to help support the aftermath of the Memorial Day weekend floods in Wimberley.
And it’s not just what’s on the side of the road, Korensky said. “You look up in the trees and there’s a chair and boards stuck in a tree. It just shows you how high the water rose. It takes your breath away.”
“It’s a terribly devastating and tragic situation, but if a silver lining is possible, the support and sense of community responding to help would be it,” said Kristina Ritchie, who coordinated with local businesses to provide food and coffee to displaced residents, search and rescue workers, and volunteers shoveling debris in the devastated community about 50 miles south of here.
The Wimberley floodwaters took this house off of its foundation. Local Four Points residents were compelled to help and several moms teamed up to collect homemade cookies, snacks, cleaning supplies, food and drink to help support the cleanup efforts. Photo by Nicole Korensky
