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With refrigerators lagging because of the lack of electric power, ice became very important. It was trucked in and given away at the fire station on Straight Road outside of Oriental as well as at other fire stations around the county.

Brian Turner’s parents live near Oriental and on Sunday night, he drove down from his ice plant in Raleigh with 1200 bags of ice for the Station 19 volunteer firefighters to give away. Word got out slowly — a firetruck crew drove through town and with a loudspeaker announced the ice availability. They finally gave it all away at 9p.

Keith Sexton, a volunteer with the Southeastern Pamlico Volunteer Fire Department (aka – Station 19) directs traffic in to the firestation lot on Monday afternoon. They were giving away bags of ice — to keep refrigerators cold during the electric outage — and bottles of water — during the boil water advisory.

Members of Oriental’s volunteer fire department, give away bags of ice donated by Greater Raleigh Refrigeration and Ice on Sunday night.

The end of a long day.

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Posted Tuesday August 30, 2011 by Melinda Penkava