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Thank You to ATVers & Other Flood Volunteers
(by Paul Morse, Sr., President Central Vermont Quad Runners - January 04, 2012)
Thank You to ATVers & Other Flood Volunteers
Editor:
I am writing as the President of the Central Vermont Quad Runners ATV Club based in the Bethel-Stockbridge-Randolph-Rochester area.
Our area was one of the hardest hit areas by the floods of Hurricane Irene. ATVers were on the front lines of getting help to our friends and neighbors around this region when floods cut off all other means of access to many sections of our area towns before, during, and after the flood. With the roads and bridges gone, ATVers started using old Class 4 town roads and ATV trails to find ways to get food, water, gas, and much needed supplies to stranded people in the region. ATVs rescued people who needed to be air lifted out to hospitals, sometimes making trails to get through.
We saw first hand the amount of devastation and danger that people were going through. Our area has undergone much rebuilding in the months since the flood. However, the many folks who suffered damage or lost everything during the flood still have struggles before them.
During this holiday season, I wish to ask everyone to remember our friends and neighbors who are still recovering from the flood. I also want to say thank-you to all the ATVers from our region and beyond who responded to this emergency and to all our state and local leaders and volunteers, who helped get the job done. Thank you!
Paul Morse, Sr., President
Central Vermont Quad Runners
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