Your donations to help storm victims in Lincoln County came none too soon.
The Mountain Mission flood relief truck left Thursday morning.
Its destination: the Lincoln County 911 operations center.
In less than two days, a Mountain Mission truck and van filled quickly with storm relief supplies.
The next morning, a convoy began making its way down the highway to Lincoln County.
It arrived at the county's 911 operations center to a thankful crowd.
"I had no earthly idea that you would have this kind of response. This is incredible," said Allen Holder, Lincoln County emergency services director.
A group of Lincoln County high school's Junior ROTC students quickly jumped into action.
"It makes you feel good to try to help people out," said Alan Ashworth, a Junior ROTC student at Lincoln High School.
While the storm didn't affect some of these students, they know of others that have been touched.
"Wayne county's ROTC instructor's house was hit by a tornado," said Chay Rowe, another Junior ROTC student.
They quickly sorted the supplies. Then it was off to help deliver the much needed items to flood victims like Vickie Hudson of Griffithsville.
She says about 39 inches of water rushed into her apartment complex in Griffithsville, trapping residents inside that night.
"They wade through the water to get out. They were stranded out here till 3:30 a.m. because the water would not recede."
Jamie Crouch was one of those people. He lost everything.
"Clothes is about it," said Crouch. That's all you have left?" "Yeah, that's about it," he said.
The people affected by the storm say they're so glad to receive the supplies.
"It's nice that there are people out there that actually believe in helping people like us," said Sam Carter of Griffithsville.
And they're thankful that people outside the county haven't forgotten them.
About a hundred homes were damaged in varying degrees. Many of the storm victims also lost their vehicles.
The National Guard is actively helping to clear debris.
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