KARNS, Tenn. — When times get tough, that’s when people really start to lean on each other. Leaning on each other is something East Tennesseans have had to do this week amid the wintry weather.
Some residents have not been able to get their medicine or restock their fridges because of the snow and ice — stuck at home due to hazardous driving conditions. Some residents who can get out have been looking out for those who can’t.
“So many good people out there. It seems like a lot of times we only hear about the bad, but there's so many good people," said Teresa Trammell, a neighbor in the Karns community.
She hasn’t been able to leave her home because ice and snow covering her driveway and street. On Thursday, she was running low on food. Not knowing what else to do, she posted on a group page on social media.
"I thought, 'Well, this probably won't work.' But boy, it worked. People are still asking if I got what I needed," she said.
Several people in the community reached out to Teresa offering to help. One of them is Joshua Bolling.
"I have helped kids get home from work. Offered to get a lot of people out of a ditch. One lady even asked me to deliver food to some cats that she feeds," says Bolling.
Boling went to the grocery store and dropped off groceries to Trammell.
"He kept sending me messages in the grocery store saying, 'They are out of this; do you want this?' He took the time to do it. He didn’t, like, just go grab anything," she said.
For the Karns community, a saying often heard in an old children's TV show is ringing true — "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."