Losses mount for families at Cobb shelter: “Our whole life is in that debris” By Jennifer Brett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution When the flooding came Lessie Daniels moved fast, but the water moved faster.
It toppled her refrigerator, scooted the furniture around and pushed dressers on their sides. Parts of the ceiling buckled. Who knows where the televisions ended up.
“Our whole life is in that debris,” she said Wednesday. Daniels and her daughter Ronique Green, 15, are staying at the American Red Cross at the Cobb Civic Center. The boxy building has become a haven for those seeking a dry stop on the long road back to normal.
The Red Cross has opened five metro Atlanta shelters — at First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville, Clairmont Presbyterian Church in Decatur, the Cherokee Recreation and Parks Agency south annex in Woodstock and Hiram High School — for displaced storm victims.
“The Red Cross is here to provide hope and stability to those who need it the most,” said spokesman Ruben Brown, who said the shelters are serving about 300 people. MUST Ministries, which operates a shelter, food pantry, clothes closet and is headquartered on Cobb Parkway, is seeing increased traffic at all of its locations.
“I anticipate that in the days ahead more will come once they find out about MUST Ministries and our services,” spokeswoman Sherry King Castellanos said. ...........(more)
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