The Cajun Navy Is The Most Salt-Of-The-Earth Crew On The Planet.

What do you do when a massive flood is about to sweep through your town?  Do you A) load up the car with all your valuables as fast as you can and hit the highway going 120 MPH in the other direction or B) say fuck the possessions and just gun it on the highway going 120 MPH in the other direction?  I mean those were the only two options that came to my mind.  I was torn a little bit but went with A because I’m very materialistic.  But I could see going with B.

The Cajun Navy has an option C:

Stay right where you are and prepare to spend the next 10 days rescuing people and saving all the lives you possibly can in the middle of a deadly storm.

Which confirms, once again, how many good people there are out there.

These guys did this during Harvey, and now they’re ready to do it all over again for Florence.  Listen to this dude describe what they’re about to do for the next week plus:

5 days human recovery.  2 days animal recovery.  3 days body recovery.  All said in the same tone you or I would use to describe our plans for the weekend or our work schedule for the week.  Like he’s slightly annoyed he has to stop and talk to someone when all he wants to do is load his truck up with more supplies and first aid kits and start prepping for search and rescue.  Unreal.  Shout out The Cajun Navy.  Salt of the Earth.

PS,

During Harvey a group of looters posed as people needing to be rescued, then shot at the Cajun Navy with guns to try and steal their boats.  Never got an update on what happened with them but fingers crossed they drowned.

(h/t @JHFruge and @TheSassyTJ)