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An essay about Houston restaurant community's efforts to feed people after Harvey.

Hurricane Harvey landed a devastating blow to Houston. The four-day downpour destroyed countless houses and killed more than 60 people (and counting). As for my wife and me, the incessant rain created a claustrophobic sensation of helplessness and…

The passage below, I wrote a week after my house flooded during Harvey, with both humor and heaviness:

For the past week I’ve been trying my best to avoid puns related to water. I never realized how many are out there! But I just can’t hold…

Here's a link to a Harvey story I wrote about Sodexo chef Sean Lewis's contribution during Harvey: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflecting-harvey-from-inside-kitchen-michelle-lenzen/

On April 4, 2018, Sean was killed in a motorcycle accident.…

With 50+ inches of rain in 4 days dropping 19 trillion gallons of water, 40000+ homes (and counting) destroyed, thousands of families displaced from their homes, all major rivers, levees, and bayous overflowing above record flood levels inundating…

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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…

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…

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…