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Boat and air rescues

Taken on Sunday Aug 27, 2017 when the water rescues began.

The flood waters were receding at the time as I saw a man going house to house to check if he could help in anyway.

When we were able to get back into our house to start mucking, the waters were still too high to place the refuge on the curb. This image is permanently burned into my brain.

Just one house in our neighborhood of 250 homes which 80 were flooded

This was a picture of my initial evacuation with my two dogs (note the kennels labeled appropriately with dogs names and phone number). Earlier that day a friend and myself were celebrating as Harvey had finally dissipated and my home was still dry;…

This image was taken after about half of the remediation of my home had been finished, and the house had started to disappear behind the wreckage... Every day I saw people searching through the piles of refuse looking for anything salvageable. It…

A few days after the dam release I made my way back (in a kayak) to my home to rescue a few key items... The yard was still flooded, and the pool was only marginally visible through the murky bayou/sewer waters. Although the vines in the planter…

A poem that I composed about Hurricane Harvey.

A few days after evacuation, but before they had locked down the flooded streets due to help prevent looting, I made my way back on a blowup kayak to pick up a few items of importance. Unfortunately my home had already been looted, but due to the…