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Will Thompson and his family sat in their Colorado home last weekend and watched the images from Texas flicker across the evening news: people stranded on roofs reaching toward the skies, rivers of water careening down highways, families huddled in crowded shelters.

“We looked at each other and said, ‘Boy, we should do something,” Thompson said.

It’s a thought that many across the country have considered in the past week while watching the devastation from afar. It’s difficult to feel so far away while others suffer, to watch churning floodwaters wash away neighborhoods and lives while sitting warm and dry in intact homes.

A number of Wyomingites acted on the natural instinct to help those in east Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Thompson, who travels Wyoming for his job with a heavy equipment auctioneer, reached out to his contacts in the Wyoming Contractor’s Association and asked for donations. His 17-year-old son posted on social media requesting help. So far, they’ve raised more than $1,750 from contracting companies throughout Wyoming to purchase supplies. They’ve also collected donations of goods from a number of individuals and stored the bags and boxes of goods in their shop.