Allan Schwartz, vice president of Days End Farm Horse Rescue from Lisbon, Md., said there were two things that they wouldn’t be able to share with others once they returned home from rescue work following the hurricanes: The smells of rot and death. “The pictures just can’t show that,” he said.

One a brighter note, he said Days’ End and other groups are still feeding and watering a lot of horses and other animals. “There are still lot of places that don’t have electricity back,” said Schwartz. “One fellow has to go five to six miles away with five-gallon buckets to get water, and we can tank in 300 gallons to last him several days. He’s trying to work and rebuild and still take care of animals. The fact we can give him 300-400 gallons of water saves him several hours a day.

“It seems like such a simple thing that means a lot to these people,” he added. “It saves a lot of time in their days they can use to rebuild their lives.”

He said calls horse help seemed to be slowing down, but there are still animal needs