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custom_height=&#8221;16&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;18132&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<em>Left to right: Nic Silard &#8217;24, Jimmy Knudsen &#8217;24, Rachel Mueller &#8217;24, Zach Austin &#8217;21, Vice President for Student Life Amy Falvo, Kate Murray &#8217;24<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; 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Temperatures outside the single-story house rose to the mid-80s. Inside, with no electricity, it was sweltering. But the three Eckerd College students and two alumni who had arrived at Amy Falvo\u2019s house that day were up for the task.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; advanced_gradient_angle=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]Thirty-seven days had passed since Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 monster, brought a 15-foot storm surge to Florida\u2019s West Coast on Sept. 26. Today the cleanup and restoration remain far from over for thousands of people\u2014including Amy Falvo, Ph.D., vice president for student life at Eckerd.<\/p>\n<p>She and her husband, Mike, own a home on St. Pete Beach, just a few blocks from the Gulf. They had evacuated to an Airbnb near downtown St. Petersburg, and it wasn\u2019t until three days after Helene had passed that they were allowed access to their home\u2014the one they had purchased only four years earlier and had completely renovated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first thought was disbelief,\u201d Falvo recalls. \u201cEverything was everywhere. The water had receded, but you could tell how much had gotten inside. The waterline on the walls was about three feet high. Things had floated into the backyard. Our couch was in the kitchen \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was overwhelming. You don\u2019t know where to start. And there was no information about what you needed to do. All of our neighbors were doing the same thing \u2026 just walking around, looking for what can be saved. I made a beeline for some family heirlooms\u2014photographs, portraits, handwritten notes. Some we could save; some we couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Falvos removed just about everything from inside their house. But they still faced the hardest job of all: knocking out the water-damaged walls and ceilings. So Amy reached out to <a href=\"\/history\/faculty\/\">Adam Guerin, Ph.D.<\/a>, associate professor of <a href=\"\/history\/\">history<\/a> at Eckerd who had been organizing groups of students, alumni and staff to help anyone who needed it.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; advanced_gradient_angle=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-2-percent&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lg_text&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<span class=\"accent-color\">Whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerdtritons.com\">athletics teams<\/a> also signed up and began working on projects across St. Petersburg between Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Guerin dispatched the Eckerd cohort.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; advanced_gradient_angle=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\u201cIn four hours, all the walls and ceilings were done,\u201d Falvo says. \u201cIt was dirty work. There was dust, insulation \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just further solidified my love for the Eckerd community,\u201d she adds. \u201cI remember taking a photo of the crew while they were working, and thinking how blessed we are to be a part of this community that\u2019s willing to give up a Saturday to help us in our darkest hour. They were so gracious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple is now living in their sixth Airbnb. \u201cWe still don\u2019t have electricity,\u201d Falvo says. \u201cThey have to rewire our whole house.\u201d There also are paperwork issues with FEMA and the City of St. Pete Beach, and until those are ironed out, Falvo adds, \u201cWe just keep moving around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for us, the help from the students and alumni was uplifting. It was one step closer to getting us back on our feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Eckerd students\u2014including Kate Murray, a senior <a href=\"\/geosciences\/\">geosciences<\/a> major from Downers Grove, Illinois\u2014understand that. \u201cI was shocked at how bad their house was,\u201d Kate says. \u201cI work with Amy, and even though she had so much work to do for the school after the storms, you wouldn\u2019t know her house was destroyed. She always has a smile on her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey kept saying that we could leave at any time,\u201d Kate adds. \u201cAnd that any help is huge. I was so glad we could be there. There are so many people who can\u2019t go through the recovery process on their own. They have kids or jobs, or they can\u2019t do it financially or physically. 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