By Glynis Crawford Smith
The Highlander
Estimates have more than 30,000 Texans seeking emergency shelter as the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey continues, but many are safe and dry in the Texas Hill Country.
Mission Marble Falls at St. Frederick Church geared up for a lunch Tuesday, Aug. 29, to welcome people fleeing the storm.
Ann Sherman and Ron Farmer had traveled from Port Aransas.
“When they said Harvey would come as a Category 1, we were going to stay,” said Sherman. “Then they said Category 3 or maybe 4.
“Ron said we are going. We grabbed our cat, our records, our pictures and we got out in 45 minutes.”
A few people stayed behind and the couple said the news was disheartening.
“The roof is gone and the ceiling is on the floor,” he said.
Two groups of people from Sweeney who had never met were lunching in the St. Frederick dining room.
