When the 150 mile per hour winds
departed, they left shambles and
despair beyond the cleanup, which
will cost millions.
There is an emotional price to storm
victims must pay what it is in a disaster
like this is out there.
There, their support systems are gone
also. It's not like an airplane crash
that they can go home to their families,
their family.
Everything is wiped out.
So they're just starting from square one
again. Clint is one of three mental
health professionals leaving on a plane
for San Juan.
Registered nurse Janet Gurel admits she's
a little afraid.
I saw some footage of the coverage
after the hurricane and there's not much
left except maybe some foundation.
So it's not going to be too pleasant.
Seven more volunteers will be heading
down to San Juan later this week.
People anxious not only to help those in
emotional distress, but to make an impact
on behalf of the state of Texas.
Rachel Ross is a fifth generation
Texan.
I think Texans have always been
willing to give of themselves and help
other people, whether it's farmers
who need hay or people who are hit by
hurricanes, floods, a lot of things.
I think Texans are some of the most
giving people.
As the volunteers departed, another Texan
who just lived through the hurricane
knows their challenge on his way
home. Claude McCutchen met a woman being
evacuated, clutching two garments
in her hand. And she said, I've
been here 15 years on this island and
this is all I have left.
She was a lady and are probably four
days or so and
pitiful, really pitiful.
People were in tears or just in shock.
Jeff Eliasoph of Texas News 5.