The July 4th flood left only the floor and foundation at the Hunt Post Office.

It’s symbolic, in a way, because to many, the post office is the foundation of the small Hill Country town.

“This is kind of the center of Hunt, and I’ve had a lot of people tell me that this is really where they came to do their congregating, to really visit and to connect with one another,” Gaylynn Hierholzer said. “This was a heart of Hunt."

Hierholzer has been the postmaster at the Hunt Post Office for three decades.

When KSAT met her at what’s left of her home away from home, it was Hierholzer’s 30th anniversary on the job.

“I’m just heartbroken,” she said.

After nearly a foot of rain in the early morning hours of Friday, July 4, caused the Guadalupe River to gush well beyond its banks, only the found

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