With houses and businesses destroyed during Hurricane Helene, some workers in the bay area have lost their homes and their jobs. Devynn Maurer said the floodwaters rose so quickly within a two-hour period at her Gulfport area home, that she knew she needed to evacuate. “I could hear it running underneath the house, like a waterfall,” Maurer said, describing how she quickly grabbed her essentials and left the property. “Passports, money, dogs, clothes.” Maurer was planning a wedding this year, but now, that has to wait. Days after the storm, she’s already working to do whatever she can to keep money on the table after her food truck was also destroyed in the storm. “We all know that the insurance doesn’t cover it all,” she said. “It’s fight or flight mode, and I chose fight. I’ll always choose fight.” Maurer, alongside other beach food service workers whose restaurants were impacted, have teamed up with a local handyman who needs all the help he can get as demand to get homes cleared out skyrockets. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/food-service-workers-find-work-recovery-efforts-after-hurricane-helene-flooded-restaurants/67-07e22527-bfc1-401d-a0cf-47769385aed2