Fish in the pool

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Creator

Michelle Bowers

Title

Fish in the pool

Description

Our entire backyard, including the pool, was covered in several feet of water after the dam release. The water in the street next to our backyard fence was up to five feet deep, and the current was so strong that our neighbors in small boats had some trouble crossing it. Once the water went down, our pool was filled with a brown, toxic brew of bayou water, pesticides, oil, and chemicals from folk’s garages. We had to call the pool people out immediately to replace the pumps and filter system which were destroyed, and to repeatedly shock the pool to clean it. When they did, dozens of fish floated up!

Type

photographs

Rights

This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

Source

This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form.

Date Created

2017-09-09

Date Submitted

2018-11-22

Date Available

2018-11-22

Spatial Coverage

+29.758077-095.611074/
Victor LN, Houston

Geolocation