Your story about “The pharmacist” reminds us all that some good people still care in this world.
I could have kissed the pharmacist for staying there to give me that medicine. I was about 5 pm and Ike was going to get there by 10 pm. Every store was closing so their people could get home.
I knew if I couldn't get that antibiotic, I would have to go to the emergency room to get it and figured the emergency room was full of people.
What I didn't know, was, as soon as power went off, the hospital generator wouldn't work and critical patients had to be taken to San Antonio, 5 hours away. The non-critical patients were left in hot hospital rooms with no light. There was no one to fix the generator as everyone was home dealing with their own problems.
I determined when power goes off, don't expect any service you count on to work. You are on your own.