After Disaster in Ag Country, These Responders Often Show Up
By Brad Haire, Southeast Farm Press
First responders all have a special place in heaven as far as we are concerned. They are a welcomed sight in times of troubles. Solid hands reaching out to help people at their most-vulnerable state.
In the South this time of year, especially for us so near the Gulf of Mexico, we know as harvest gears up so does the unpredictable nature of Mother Nature's most contemptuous offspring: tropical depressions and their nastier cousins the high-grade hurricanes. In each of the past five years, we thought we surely had reached the pinnacle of what the tropics can throw our way, and each year we've been wrong to think so. This year has been one for the books.