Newscast catches Texas rescue team doing shots together after braving the flood

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Samantha Scelzo
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Newscast catches Texas rescue team doing shots together after braving the flood
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With Hurricane Harvey delivering devastating flooding throughout southeast Texas, it's difficult to find any semblance of a bright spot in the situation. But one thing that does make us smile are the brave rescue teams doing everything they can to help those in need.

And what does anyone need after a long day of battling deep water? Shots. Definitely shots.

As Fox 26 Houston reported live from Spring, Texas, one rescue boat in particular took a load off by passing around a bottle of alcohol and taking shots out of the cap.

What's even better is that the reporter just couldn't believe that these neighbors were generously sharing water out of the cap, and had to be reminded by another reporter that it might not be water after all...

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Samantha Scelzo

Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.


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