Oh Anne, sounds like quite an ordeal for sure.
You and Gary are amazing, even with your own house a mess and needing major work, you are taking care of your neighbors and friends and helping them. Your incredible optimistic outlook and sense of humor seems to have survived all this somehow.
I hope and pray that things improve soon and the upcoming weather doesn't make a horrible situation worse.
Your words remind me to be grateful everyday for all the blessings we have and our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time.