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Mark Trumbull
For millions of Texans, it鈥檚 been a week of unusual cold and darkness. It has also called forth the unquenchable warmth and enduring light of kindness and compassion.
As snow and freezing temperatures swept the state, neighbors checked on neighbors, opening their homes and sharing supplies or assisting with errands. Out on the slippery streets, people used shovels and shoulder power to keep cars from getting stranded.
Rescue efforts extended to the shoreline, where sea turtles were stunned by the frigid temperatures. Ed Caum, executive director of the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, found himself the of thousands of turtles, brought by the truckload or one at a time. 鈥淲e鈥檝e collected a lot, now we鈥檒l try to save 鈥檈m,鈥� he said.
鈥淧eople do care. It makes you happy inside that there is good out there,鈥� Margie Taylor, a Houston area resident who lost power and heat, .
Chris Lake, a Lutheran pastor, came to her rescue with an extra generator that could power a space heater. While assisting homeless people and others in the area, Mr. Lake and his teenage son needed aid themselves. Their truck got stuck, but strangers paused to pry it loose.
Such acts, multiplied across the state, were what enabled many people to get through an often harrowing week. (Henry Gass, our snowbound reporter in Austin, will be writing about the electric grid challenges in tomorrow鈥檚 Daily.)聽The gratitude encompassed the givers as well as the receivers.聽
The opportunity to help was 鈥渄eeply meaningful,鈥� Mr. Lake said. 鈥淭o have my son be with me to see some of this stuff was pretty amazing.鈥�
