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Here and now public radio international8/29/2023 This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. (SOUNDBITE OF HARRIS HELLER'S "DARK MATTER") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. For NPR News, I'm Nina Keck in Chittenden, Vt. But at the same time, he's not surprised his community is coming through. KECK: Inside his pizzeria, Craig Goodman has a bucket and a Venmo account for donations. But when this came around, I'm like, no, we are taking care of one another. MORDECAI: A few weeks ago, I, like many other people, were a little bit heartbroken, thinking, what are we doing? Where are we going? As a world, as a community, are we taking care of one another? It seemed like at a time when we weren't. MITCH RAE: We're accustomed to not having access to a lot of the luxuries of big cities and bigger towns, so we just really have to fall on neighborly love. MORDECAI: Everybody's helping one another. KECK: Susan Mordecai and Mitch Rae live in nearby Plymouth and took a lunch break together. KECK: For a few hours, Goodman's pizzeria becomes an oasis where tired and muddy neighbors share stories, compare damage, and reassure each other that things will get better. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #4: Thank you so much. But on Pleasant Street now there's a fire. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Thank you for doing that. His restaurant is still standing, and he's giving back with free pizza for anyone helping with the cleanup. KECK: In 2011, Goodman lost his business in Tropical Storm Irene. KECK: Down the street, Craig Goodman stands in the parking lot of his pizzeria, chatting with a neighbor in a pickup. I had to come over here 'cause the destruction is unfathomable.ĬRAIG GOODMAN: Well, like I said, if you need anything, let me know. She feels lucky.ĬHILDS: I couldn't imagine spending a day any different. Abby Childs' home wasn't impacted by the flooding. The building is just feet from the Black River. KECK: We head outside and step around piles of mud. KECK: How many buckets would you say you guys have emptied? KECK: That's, like, almost up to your armpit. You can see the water line here.ĬHILDS: Yes. KECK: Across the street at the Homestyle Hotel, Abby Childs and several others are shoveling silt out of a back room.ĪBBY CHILDS: Be careful. And this pump right here, it's been going for the last 24 hours. You get that flooded basement smell right away. KECK: He shows me where they've been working. JONES: It's still - there's still some water down there. JONES: I think you might get a little wet. He couldn't leave, so decided to help clean up. KECK: Jones is from Lancaster, Pa., and was visiting. We moved out a bunch of washer, dryers, a bunch of appliances. ORION JONES: Yesterday we were just focused on pretty much getting all the water out of the basement. Orion Jones stands near the back door of the Main and Mountain Motel. The wet sludge that covered much of the downtown has begun to dry. NINA KECK, BYLINE: Dump trucks and heavy equipment stir up a hazy layer of dust in Ludlow clearing the roads. Vermont Public's Nina Keck takes us there. One of the places hardest hit is Ludlow, a ski town in the southern part of the state. Communities all over Vermont are cleaning up after a week of heavy rain and flooding, rain that continued last night.
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