Leonard Employees Lend a Hand to Harvey Victims

Posted September 15, 2017 at 12:01 pm

Hurricane Harvey left between 25% and 30% of Harris County – home to 4.5 million people in Houston and its near suburbs – flooded by the third day of the storm, according to an estimate from a meteorologist with the county flood control district. The torrential rain left homes flooded to their second floors and power lines under water. Leonard Automatics Director of International Marketing Robert Spradley and his wife, Lesa, helped those in need by delivering much-needed supplies.

TRSA associate member Leonard Automatics Inc., Denver, NC, provided materials that were desperately needed in the affected areas, such as water, food, diapers and animal kennels. Spradley and his wife loaded up their pickup truck with the supplies multiple times over the course of three days. Since most of Houston was without power, they had to travel outside of the city for gas and electricity.

Although the Spradley’s apartment was in the middle of the hurricane zone, they were situated on an island to prevent their living quarters from being flooded. Amid the pouring rain, Robert and Lesa assisted the National Guard in delivering supplies to distribution centers for hurricane victims. The National Guard then loaded and dropped off the supplies to the many shelters. Army trucks were the only vehicles able to drive through the high water.

It will take some time for the victims of Hurricane Harvey to recover from the destruction. But we know that people take care of each other in times like these. As the Texas Guardsman Brig. Gen. Patrick M. Hamilton puts it, “These are Texans helping Texans – neighbors helping neighbors.”

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