WEBVTT 00:00.449 --> 00:02.990 Uh , when all this started , the ice , 00:03.009 --> 00:06.280 uh , here in town . Uh , it started for 00:06.280 --> 00:08.880 me about 2 o'clock Sunday evening , 00:08.960 --> 00:11.119 about 2 a.m. I guess Saturday we call 00:11.119 --> 00:13.920 it after 12 on Saturday . Trees started 00:13.920 --> 00:16.520 falling and my first thought was we're 00:16.520 --> 00:18.742 fixing to lose power in Potts Camp , so 00:18.742 --> 00:21.510 I need to get to the generator . And 00:21.510 --> 00:23.399 start trying to get it cranked so 00:23.399 --> 00:25.566 people don't start losing water , so . 00:25.989 --> 00:28.156 Uh , and it was just a struggle for me 00:28.156 --> 00:30.322 because I had to cut like 30 something 00:30.322 --> 00:32.267 trees in the middle of the night , 00:32.267 --> 00:34.600 trees exploding , falling all around me . 00:34.600 --> 00:36.767 And I'm steady trying to get myself up 00:36.767 --> 00:38.322 to the generator and then I 00:38.322 --> 00:40.267 accidentally got myself trapped in 00:40.267 --> 00:42.322 there because as I got up in there , 00:42.322 --> 00:44.489 trees started falling behind me , so I 00:44.489 --> 00:46.540 had to cut my way out as well . And 00:46.669 --> 00:48.891 there's a valve here in town that I can 00:48.891 --> 00:50.990 open up and get water from another 00:50.990 --> 00:53.101 county and bring it to this county so 00:53.101 --> 00:55.590 the people here can have water . So 00:55.590 --> 00:58.299 that was a struggle and a fight because 00:58.310 --> 01:00.990 as soon as I get one tower full and try 01:00.990 --> 01:02.990 to open the valve to fill the other 01:02.990 --> 01:05.268 tower , the other tower would be empty , 01:05.268 --> 01:08.540 so . It was just a struggle , so at one 01:08.540 --> 01:10.596 point I got in my truck and I almost 01:10.596 --> 01:12.540 had a breakdown and said , Man , I 01:12.540 --> 01:14.651 gotta have some help . And I'm losing 01:14.651 --> 01:16.929 the battle here and I'm trying my best . 01:17.449 --> 01:20.860 So , and then the . Uh , you , the 01:20.860 --> 01:24.120 court come along . And they brought me 01:24.120 --> 01:27.120 this generator in the background , and 01:27.120 --> 01:28.953 that was like a calling from God 01:28.953 --> 01:31.231 because I needed that . That helped me . 01:31.849 --> 01:34.016 And it kind of gave me a little bit of 01:34.016 --> 01:36.800 a light at the end of the tunnel . So 01:37.099 --> 01:39.099 when they come in , they were super 01:39.099 --> 01:41.339 nice and basically they just looked at 01:41.339 --> 01:43.506 me and said , hey , we got you , we're 01:43.506 --> 01:45.672 gonna , we , we're gonna work with you 01:45.672 --> 01:47.895 on this and we're not gonna leave , and 01:47.895 --> 01:49.783 they haven't , as you can see the 01:49.783 --> 01:51.728 generator is still behind me . And 01:51.728 --> 01:53.839 thank God for that because I was able 01:53.839 --> 01:55.728 to get my people's water . We had 01:55.728 --> 01:57.950 people in such bad shape here we've had 01:57.950 --> 02:00.172 a few deaths around here , people , you 02:00.172 --> 02:02.228 know , freezing to death . So , uh , 02:02.228 --> 02:05.089 but when they come in , it was just the 02:05.089 --> 02:07.809 greatest help . And uh and we're the 02:07.809 --> 02:09.809 whole town , the whole community is 02:09.809 --> 02:11.698 thankful and we have a real tight 02:11.698 --> 02:13.809 community around here . So when times 02:13.809 --> 02:15.865 get hard like this , we try to stick 02:15.865 --> 02:17.698 together . If it wasn't for this 02:17.698 --> 02:19.865 generator right here . I , I , I don't 02:19.865 --> 02:21.865 know . I , I just , at some point I 02:21.865 --> 02:24.031 would say , man , I gotta throw in the 02:24.031 --> 02:23.600 flag , but it was something in me said 02:23.600 --> 02:25.919 keep fighting . So , but I thank God 02:25.919 --> 02:28.320 for the generator , and God is always 02:28.320 --> 02:31.570 gonna be here . So you know they say we , 02:31.679 --> 02:34.080 we're born twice , so just keep the 02:34.080 --> 02:36.789 Lord in mind at all times because he's 02:36.789 --> 02:39.479 always , he's always gonna lead me and 02:39.479 --> 02:41.639 he's always gonna bring some help to 02:41.639 --> 02:43.972 you when he sees that you can't take it . 02:43.972 --> 02:46.139 So that's just what he done . And then 02:46.139 --> 02:48.195 he sent probably one of the greatest 02:48.195 --> 02:50.361 organizations down here to help me and 02:50.361 --> 02:50.490 I am so thankful for that .