Commentary
Yesterday and today, we prepared and served hundreds of meals to those on the front lines of the flood recovery effort here in Central Texas. I personally delivered 100 meals to the riverbed—burritos, agua fresca, and oatmeal raisin cookies—cooked with love at Sovereignty Ranch in partnership with World Central Kitchen. And what I saw down there will stay with me for the rest of my life.The devastation is incomprehensible. Twisted RVs stacked like scrap metal. Whole homes lifted off their foundations and dropped into fields. Cars and trailers mangled beyond recognition. Massive logs wedged into second-story balconies. All sorts of household items—things that clearly don’t belong in trees—hanging high above the ground. Cypress branches stripped 30 feet above our heads. Just imagine the power of water that high. Sewage clings to the wreckage. The smell of rot and death lingers on the wind.
