Displaced because of hurricane beryl

Because of hurricane beryl, our apartment was wrecked pretty badly. Because of that, we needed to find a new place to live. The company my wife works for had a job opening in Waco Texas but we live in Galveston. The new opportunity asked my wife to come interview in person because they didn’t want to do phone interviews because of other people doing phone interviews, getting the position and not showing up. We asked them for a phone interview but they said no. So we decided to go up there Saturday night so she could do her interview on Sunday. Well we got stuck in Waco because our car died here on Saturday night. We had it towed to a mechanic on Sunday and we’ve been here ever since. The mechanic handling the job tells us everyday that there is some new issue and that we have to wait till the next day for parts. They have replaced the alternator, battery and starter and the car is still not working. The estimated cost is now over 1300$. We still also have to pay for the hotel. Beryl wiped out a good chunk of what we had saved up to survive for a week without power. And now, we don’t have much money and we are sinking fast. My cat is at home with no one and I only put enough food out for about a day and a half. We are now coming up on day 5 and we don’t have any neighbors that can get in to our apartment, let alone have any neighbors at all because most everyone from our building moved out because of damage from the hurricane. And we have to get back before our apartment deems our apartment uninhabitable, which they already emailed us saying they were going to do. So once we get back we have to figure out a new living situation and have to figure out how to pay for a move. My son keeps asking if the car is fixed. You know how much I want to tell my 4 year old yes? Enough to humbly admit we are screwed and need help. I feel like POS for asking people but given the situation, it’s ask or starve and be homeless and lose the car. Please help if you can.