‘“To say it hits home is kind of the right way to say it, literally, because it really did hit my home,” said Long, who grew up in Elkhorn, Neb., a town of more than 8,000 that sits next to the Elkhorn River. “Driving around it and being around it all the time, it’s just been in my face. It’s the real deal out here. I don’t think the nation really understands what’s going on out here.”’