Charleston & White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (Flooding) / 30,657 Meals Over 8 Days
On June 23, 2016, the states of West Virginia and Virginia experienced extreme flooding. Over a period of just 12 hours, these areas experienced an estimated 10 inches of rainfall. Resulting in 23 deaths, this was the deadliest flash flood event that had occured in...
Volunteer of the Year 2015 – Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson, Operation BBQ Relief’s 2015 Rod Cramer Volunteer of the Year, loves cooking for large groups and has a passion for helping others. Like a lot of OBR volunteers, Paul was moved by watching the effects of a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma that...
Monroe, West Monroe & Shreveport, LA (Flooding) / 58,530 Meals Over 9 Days
From March 8 to 12, 2016, a slow-moving storm dropped over 20 inches of rain across northern Louisiana. This led to one of the most prolific flood disasters that the area had ever seen. Rain pounded the area, triggered extreme flash flooding, and caused thousands of...
St. Louis, Missouri (Flooding) / 300 Meals Over 1 Day
From late 2015 to early 2016, rivers in both Missouri and Illinois reached record levels after the area experienced almost 30 inches of rainfall. Due to flooding along the Mississippi, Meramec, and Bourbeuse Rivers, thousands of homes, businesses, and public buildings...
Rowlett & Garland, TX (Tornado) / 33,968 Meals Over 7 Days
Nine tornadoes were confirmed in Dallas and Collin counties on December 26, 2015. These storms left 11 dead and hundreds more without power and homes to return to. In the following days, the communities experienced extremely heavy rainfall and snow that furthered the...
Holly Springs, Mississippi (Tornado) / 1,800 Meals Over 2 Days
On December 23, 2015, an EF4 tornado, which was one of multiple tornadoes in the area, hit northern Mississippi and southern Tennessee. With 170 mile per hour winds, the tornado left a path of destruction over 75 miles long. The outbreak of supercell thunderstorms...