 The first thing I saw was my dad's American flag in the rubble. I am Julie Parks. I am a Navy veteran. I survived Hurricane Ian. When I left my house, I wasn't thinking that I was never going back. And then all of a sudden, reality sunk in that I no longer have a place to go home to. I went to the shelter and when I got there, when I saw the sign that said, D.A.V., it made me feel safe and it made me feel like I wasn't alone. They also got me a check right on the spot. It was immediate, immediate help. No one else had anything like that. They told me that their help for me wasn't stopping there and that I would be okay. I can't pick them up.