Relief supplies head to Texas from all over…
MUSCLE SHOALS – As soon as the weather allowed, a nationwide relief effort kicked into high gear. State and local governments, private companies, their employees and regular citizens put their lives on hold to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Nobody knows for sure just how long the mission might be, but many people from The Shoals have headed into the zone.
An example of the kind of selfless giving that is coming out of Northwest Alabama comes from Service One Transport. Robert Walker tells the Quad-Cities Daily that 
Service One, in coordination with FEMA and Federal Express, has sent 35 tractor-trailer loads of relief supplies into Texas. Walker, “We couldn’t do this without the commitment of our great drivers, mechanics and staff.” One of the drivers, Matt Roden, tells the Quad-cities Daily that he got into the staging area in Ft. worth at 2:30 in the morning on Monday. Walker said of his drivers and team, “They’re committed to making sure we do all we can to help. We take the challenge very serious and have been involved in many disasters. We have been blessed to have been able to assist in Natural disasters for the past 15 to 16 years working with the Red Cross as well as other origination that are very civic-minded. So far we plan to commit around 15 to 20 trucks at any one time to assist in any way we can. Our trailer assists are also being used to store and keep medical supplies as well as clean up kits.”
