I'VE ALWAYS 
KNOW HAS HAD
SERIOUS CAN DO
ATTITUDES 
ELIZABET
BURDINE KNOWS 
HOUSTON.
SHE LIVED THERE rt
FOR MORE THAN 
20 YEARS
BEFORE LAST 
YEAR'S MOVE TO
VERMONT.
SHE'S WATCHING
FAMILY AND
FRIENDS 
RECOVER FROM
THE TOLLrt
HARVEY TOOK ON
THEM. 
SHE'S ALSO SEEN 
HER NEW 
COMMUNITY 
COME TOGETHER 
TO SUPPORT
TEXAS.. 
ELIZABETH- IT'S 
REALLY
WONDERFUL 
THAT VT 
RECOGNIZES
THAT HOUSTONrt
NEEDS TO HAVE A 
LARGER
COMMUNITY TO
BE THERE FOR IT 
SUNCOMMON IN
WATERBURY 
HOSTED A
FUNDRAISER FOR
RELEIFE 
EFFORTrtS 
WEDNESDAY.
AFTER GOING 
THROUGH IRENE,
EMLOYEES OF 
THE SOLAR 
COMPANY SAY IT
WAS A NO- 
BRAINER.
MAGGIE
TWITCHELL 
OFFICE
MANAGER- TEXAS
WAS GOING 
THROUGH THE 
SAME THING, WE
HAVE A LOT OF rt
RESIDENTS THAT
SUFFERED, WE
WERE PART OF
THAT SLUDGE 
THAT ROSE 
MONEY RAISED
WILL GO TO THE
CENTER FOR
DISASTER
PHILANTHROPY. 
IT COULD HELP 
THOSE IMPACTEDrt
BY HARVEY.
IT COULD ALSO 
HELP THOSE IN 
NEED AFTER
IRMA. 
EXPECTED TO HIT 
THE U-S THIS
WEEKEND.
BY RAISING
MONEY - 
SUNCOMMON IS
HOPING TO ALSOrt
RAISE 
AWARENESS 
ABOUT CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
IT'S WHY THE
CHOSE TO SHOW 
LEONARDO
DICAPRIOS 
DOCUMENTARY 
"BEFORE THE 
FLOOD". 
WAYNE MACEYKA 
SUNCOMMON- WrtE 
CAN TAKE ACTION 
BY PURSUING 
RENEWABLE 
ENERGY IN OUR 
HOMES AND 
BUSINESSES SO 
THERE'S A 
POSSIBILTY THAT 
SOME PEOPLE 
WILL THINK
ABOUT GOING 
SOLAR AFTER 
THIS
ELIZABETH 
BURDrtINE-EVERY 
INSTALLATION
TAKES US ONE
STEP CLOSER TO
CONTROLLING 
THE KIND OF 
WEATHER 
CHANGES THAT
ARE CAUSING 
STORMS LIKE 
HARVEY
IN WATERBURY, 
ABBY ISAACS 
NBC5 NEWS.
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