Wish I could say I've done something. Sadly, all I did was clean off some spare EMS stretchers. They were being put back into service for duties I'd rather not type out loud. Other than wiping off some stretchers, we've walked 4-5 miles. Fortunately we haven't found anyone. It's just a flurry of gas, power, EMS, police, skid loaders, chain saws, people on foot like we are. . . Expected chaos of a mass casualty scene. Especially one spread out over such a wide spread area. Truthfully, it isn't "out of control chaos." There are just a ton of people doing a ton of different things. Maybe "hectic" is a better word. Less negative connotation. About to walk several miles back to our chase vehicle.
Edit number 3: pretty much at ground zero. Sit around and wait. Not sure how we got thru. PD and FD staging. Probably 50-100 people. Maybe a dozen of us volunteers. Wish we had a radio. We are pretty much just on standby. Waiting to do a sweep.
Edit #4: Heading home. Walked between 9-10 miles. What appeared to be the worst areas was pretty demolished. Hard to describe the mount of debris in the lake. Surprised to see the people hunkering down in their homes in areas they couldn't get the gas turned off. I think I would have abandoned the house and returned after the gas was shut off.
Sad night for a lot of people. Lost loved ones. Memories blown away. Let's hope we hear more feel good stories of hope than sad stories in the news.