Recovery from last year’s devastating Central Texas floods did not end when the water receded.<\/p>\n
One year later, communities across Travis, Burnet and Williamson counties came together to make sure survivors are not forgotten.<\/p>\n
A benefit concert, “Three Counties, One Cause,” filled The Haute Spot in Cedar Park Saturday night with live music, food and a shared mission to support families still rebuilding after the floods.<\/p>\n
“It’s really important work to support folks as they attempt to recover from such a devastating loss,” executive director of Travis County Recovery Alliance Janis Bookout said. “So we’re here to celebrate life, celebrate the work and be together as a community, and get behind these folks.”<\/p>\n
Local residents said recovery extends far beyond the immediate aftermath of a disaster.<\/p>\n
“When people go through a trauma, like the horrific flooding that happened, I mean, it greatly impacts you,” Georgetown resident Kathryn Mullen said. “Not just in that moment, or for the couple weeks after, but for the rest of your life.”<\/p>\n
For many survivors, the road to recovery is far from over.<\/p>\n
“At the time, I thought it was the most horrifying thing I’ve ever experienced, but it turns out the recovery process is much, much worse,” Ashlee Willis, a Sandy Creek flood victim, said.<\/p>\n
Despite the challenges, Willis said the tragedy has strengthened the community.<\/p>\n
“There’s real power in community and through this tragedy, that’s what we’ve built, is a community, and we’re going to be stronger after,” Willis said.<\/p>\n
Brandy Gerstner, another Sandy Creek flood survivor, said the event is about more than raising money.<\/p>\n
“Seeing the light, after all the darkness, coming together in such a beautiful way \u2013 communities coming together, people coming together, who have suffered in the same fashion, for a common goal,” Gerstner said.<\/p>\n
Organizers said the concert serves as a reminder that, even a year after the floods, survivors are not facing recovery alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recovery from last year’s devastating Central Texas floods did not end when the water receded. One year later,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[133816,2822,27,29,28,49905],"class_list":["post-378423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-ashlee-willis","tag-survivors","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-travis-county-recovery-alliance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}