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My husband works for a major insurance company. We still had water in our house on Tuesday morning after Harvey came through Houston, but his company required him to be on a conference call as they were trying to create a strategy to deal with the…

A copy of the Houston Chronicle on a folding chair inside the NRG Center shelter. Below the newspaper is a pair of rubber gloves worn by volunteers who distributed food and water to survivors seeking refuge inside the massive building.

Donated clothing had to be sorted and organized by volunteers at the NRG Center shelter. This shelter was opened under orders from Harris County Judge Honorable Ed Emmett after the George R. Brown Convention Center shelter reached capacity.

View of the southbound lanes of Almeda Road near El Paseo St. looking towards 610. Several feet of standing water made the road impassable.

A panoramic shot inside of the George R Brown Convention Center showing those displaced by the storm and the donations contributed to aid those displaced. Picture was taken on top of a 12ft+ pile of clothes

The day after the storm ended, water was rising in the previously dry neighborhood between Memorial Drive and Kimberley just east of Beltway 8 as controlled releases from the reservoirs flooded Buffalo Bayou. I took my kayak out to see if there was…

We had evacuated to higher ground and we were checking that the water level hadn’t gotten into the house everyday by accessing the camera on our doorbell remotely.