Gibson\u2019s Discount Store<\/a>, a longtime Kerrville fixture, store manager Doug Hetzler said the work of accounting for losses is still underway.<\/p>\n\u201cWe took off almost 800 shelves, and every shelf had how about 1000s of items. We\u2019re still going through it,\u201d Hetzler said.<\/p>\n
Hetzler said floodwaters also tore an air conditioning unit off the building, leaving the store vulnerable as water poured inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt ripped the air conditioner off, and that left a gaping hole in the side of the building, and that\u2019s how all the water got in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Amid the devastation, residents have also stepped up to help one another. Local chef Luis Baquro and owner of Off Main Brewing brought trays of food to support neighbors as they cleaned up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a natural thing. It\u2019s an instinct that we have to help each other, that\u2019s a community, that\u2019s how far we go. I do it from my heart, bottom of my heart,\u201d Baquro said.<\/p>\n
Baquro says they will be organizing a lemonade stand to aid flood victims.<\/p>\n
“This year we’re doing it again. This Friday we’re gonna have a lemonade stand with pretzels, cinnamon pretzels, and lemonade. We’re gonna donate it for all the victims that are affected by the flood. Come and join us at our business located at 703 Water Street,”<\/p>\n
In Uvalde County, officials are facing major repair work after the FM 481 bridge collapsed. No timeline has been announced for repairs or how much it will cost to rebuild. Dozens of homes in the area were also underwater, leaving residents with questions about what the next few months will look like.<\/p>\n
The losses from last year\u2019s flood were estimated to be between $18 billion and $22 billion. A full breakdown of the cost from this year\u2019s flood is expected to take time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Communities across Kerr and Uvalde counties are beginning to grasp the scale of destruction left behind by last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-383234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383234","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=383234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}