Barbara Misselt, Assistant Director

Received this E-mail from the Houston Public Library Director via the Directors' list Tuesday evening:

A quick note about our friend and Rushford Director, Susan Hart, who showed up (despite the odds) at SELCO this morning:  she reports that her library collection is undamaged, although there is water in the basement of the building.  The library is, indeed, serving at the headquarters for the Red Cross, National Guard, etc.  (She says that the carpeting will never be the same, from all the mud and other waste products that have been tracked in.)  Susan confirmed that no one is being allowed back into the town limits without an official pass.  She also said that the business district was very hard-hit, that everything in town smells, and that the extent of the damage was unbelievable.  As for how we can help or support her right now, she said that Rushford's main priorities at the moment were simply providing food and shelter to people in need.  I think it will be awhile before she will have the luxury of worrying about the re-opening the library. 

 

That's it for now.  Cross your fingers that we do not get more rain in the days to come.

 

Liz Gibson-Gasset

Houston Public Library