For Dawn and her family, this has been a disaster. They literally have nothing. Please pray with us about this.

Dawn is the only female on the board. She and her family have been part of Lansing for a long, long time. She adds a hometown perspective to her decision-making.

This is a catastrophic disaster, and that supersedes everything. It's unfortunate, but a family on the waiting list has to put themselves in the shoes of a family at the armory -- and that's probably the only shoes they have right now.

An officer met us and said Dawn didn't make it.

It is great to get a win like this to start the season after last year's disaster. The team has grown up from last year.

In the event of a disaster, residents would most likely be on their own for at least 72 hours.