Letter to the Editor: Community helps resident with flooding

Dear Brandon Community,

My wife and I, along with our neighbors, had our basements flooded by Splitrock Creek last Thursday and Friday. Along with all of the other flooding issues in the area and the tornado, it seems minor in comparison.

But, we could not let the days pass without saying a “thank you” to the City, the people and all of the students from BV High School (major shout out to the Brandon football team) that showed up and worked tirelessly for hours on end to try and save our basements and our homes. In the end, the water crested at record highs and there was really no way to beat mother nature … and while we will be working through this for a while we are all so humbled by everything people did for us.

All we can do is say thank you for helping … and thank you for giving us a little more faith going forward, particularly in our young men and women who showed up big time.

Matthew and Sue Willard

Brandon