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Today, marks a year since Hurricane Harvey left our small community of Huffman. There's not one month that's gone by since last August that I haven't been reminded of Harvey's destruction. FEMA trailers and porta potties now have grass growing around…

My family and I enjoy the outdoors; we hike, kayak and rock climb as much as possible. We received our first kayak as a gift from my father-in-law, and by the time Harvey hit we each had our own. Since my father-in-law lives in Towne Lake, we kept…

August 24th, 2017 my husband, myself, and our then 9monthbold son, left Oregon with everything we could fit in my 2014 Kia Forte. We were on the road to our new home here in Houston.

Some ask why we decided to move THAT weekend, well, reason…

Dedicated to all those that Survived and died in the path of Category four Hurricane Harvey
August 29, 2017

Life Goes On
By
Juanita Garcia Vera

Sometimes a lifetime
Is but one brief moment
It’s the brightest star
In the boundless…

It all started Aug 28,2017. I was woke you. At 1 and look out my door seening the water covering. The second step to our trailer thinking nothing of it. Went back to. Bed and getting woke up by my husband and daughter at 4 with the water up to the…

I am a single mom of 3. My mom lives with us along with our 4 dogs, 1 cat and a tortoise. Our home we live in is the same home my mom grew up in. It has never once flooded, not even during the past terrible floods, like Tropical Storm Allison and…

Before, during, and immediately after Hurricane Harvey, Rice’s President, Provost, Vice President for Administration, Dean of Undergraduates, and Director of Institutional Crisis Management issued regular updates to Rice students and their…

Before I share the unique experience I had during and after Hurricane Harvey, I first have to say that I am very thankful that I fared so well. We saw lots of flooding in our neighborhood in the heart of Pearland, TX, thankfully no water was able to…

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