15 10 1406 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document. 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 fear as we sat prisoners in our home and watched on TV the never-ending images of an epic flood. The water was our enemy. The source of life had suddenly turned killer. Water was everywhere: pounding our roof, walls and windows. The enemy inched up our driveway and soaked our backyard. The water wanted in, but by a stroke of luck and an elevated lot, the water didn’t invade our home. We were safe. We suffered, however, a profound guilt to know that there was little we could do to help others while our streets flowed like wild rivers. Hurricane Harvey was frightening, yet it brought out the best in many of us. Stories abound about people using their boats to save others trapped in houses or apartments. Some formed human chains to extract people from sunken cars. And after the street became passable, waves of people rushed to the George R. Brown Convention Center to volunteer in helping the evacuees. My wife and I dropped off donated clothes and then spent six hours as volunteers at the convention center. We sorted mountains of clothes, before I was assigned to give out pillows to the displaced people. As I passed out the pillows, I began to realize that the hurricane had exposed another side of Houston, one that has remained hidden, or at least remains ignored: the poverty in our city. The poor were mainly black, though Latinos, Asians and whites added to the color of poverty. They formed lines to receive their goods, and they appeared all too happy as they stuffed their bags with clothes, blankets, pillows, baby food, dog food and toiletries. Maybe they were truly happy because they had received so many household items for free, removing slightly the pressure of unwanted expenses. Maybe they were happy because so much attention had been showered on them. Maybe it was both. Their happiness made me sad. I spent a fretful night thinking about the poor. Why had Houston, one of the wealthiest cities in the country and perhaps the world, with all its oil and corporations, allowed some of our communities to deteriorate to such levels of inhumanity? It seemed to me that the only time we really paid attention to the poor was during a crisis, and the rest of the time we offered them charity to make their lives barely tolerable. The reaction of the people of Houston during and after the floods was admirable and many should be considered heroes. The outpouring of help was amazing and inspiring and made us all proud to be part of a caring city. Yet, I would emphasize that we need to be this caring not only during a crisis but during peaceful times too. We need deep structural changes that will assure that all people live a decent and good life. The poor need the attention necessary to help them move up and ahead. They need jobs, affordable housing, health care and proper nutrition. But what they mainly need is a good education. Education is the key to a new world. There are 10 schools in the Houston Independent School District that will be closed next year if they do not improve their academic standards. Most of these schools are attended by black students, with one or holding a mix of black and Latino. How and why did these schools reach this danger zone? If these 10 schools were to close, the communities in which they lie in will be further hurt. Let’s take the caring we’ve unearthed from this devastating situation and apply it to times of calm, so as to ensure this doesn’t happen. Do we really want a society that reacts with kindness only after a hurricane has devastated our city? Do we want a society in which the president does not have the sense and heart to say a few words of sympathy to the suffering? Should the goal in life be to seek material wealth while others have to toil in misery? No. I don’t think so. Let’s try to make a difference so that when the next disaster hits —natural or not—there will be little, and perhaps even, no poverty to expose. David D. Medina is a long-time resident of Houston Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David D. Medina Title A name given to the resource Hurricane Harvey Exposes Houston Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-09-03 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. start=2017-08-20; end=2017-08-26; scheme=ISO 8601; Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-25 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-25 Language A language of the resource en https://harveymemories.org/files/original/8f9dbb31d59e504120b3dc14f2c7c4fb.jpg 4809d92d07c5b74d407fa67d40694b86 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eileen W Singleton Title A name given to the resource My flooded house. Description An account of the resource A photo from when 2.5 ft of water was in my house during Harvey. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-08-27 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. +29.694465-095.431535/ 3607 Durness Way Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-25 https://harveymemories.org/files/original/a6045fa0ac573bc22c9844bca8426a65.jpeg 0a66bf77ae7a22100eec65536fdb1468 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cary G. Title A name given to the resource Bellaire during Harvey Description An account of the resource Mode of transportation during Harvey. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-08-27 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The creator of this item retains all rights not granted under the <a href="/contribution/terms">Terms and Conditions</a> for the Harvey Memories Project. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. +29.696754-095.455352/ Aenue B and Birch St. Between 610 and Newcastle, Bellaire, Texas Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-25 https://harveymemories.org/files/original/834930ec4302d13fb1a7c8079b7ad198.jpg 1e339c74909112cf366c750d9211d836 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ceola Curley Title A name given to the resource Streets turns into river Description An account of the resource My fear was the water would continue to rise. I live close to the Meyerland area. At the time of the photo they already had rescue boats in some areas. Fortunately I did not get water in the house. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-08-27 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. +29.645148-095.524986/ 77071 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-25 https://harveymemories.org/files/original/5b225a26d73d539f48f18bd82e79e70c.jpg f9a7d444021e0a631814f8da773d9116 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chetan Maddula Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-25 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-25 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-08-27 Title A name given to the resource Flood Water at Brompton Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. +29.699455-095.424187/ 7510 Brompton St https://harveymemories.org/files/original/d9b606c12bd96657ca8a1c060d57d358.jpeg 94dbffa6349fd7578b65440d0710d7c4 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Em L Title A name given to the resource Brompton Lake Description An account of the resource Brompton Court flooded. I wanted to weather the storm with my partner of two months. Hearing that my own apartment had WiFi and power made me regret not inviting him over instead. That day, we left the apartment several times to check whether any helicopters had landed in the parking lot. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-08-27 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The creator of this item retains all rights not granted under the <a href='/contribution/terms'>Terms and Conditions</a> for the Harvey Memories Project. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-26 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. +29.699456-095.424187/ Brompton court Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-26 https://harveymemories.org/files/original/7ed0a5987e928a3cd3ee3658bb205cbc.jpeg 7b96b88ed889f08ee5cbe9ade51d80ee Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Em L Title A name given to the resource Brompton Skeleton Description An account of the resource The ground floor of Brompton Court. It smelled like rot. The soles of my shoes stuck to each stair step. For a long time after Harvey, Brompton amassed tall piles of trash—furniture and appliances. These washers looked like forgotten refugees. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-09-01 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Title A name given to the resource My Front Yard in Baytown Description An account of the resource The water was rising and we started putting our furniture upstairs. Thankfully it never got in the house. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-08-27 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Title A name given to the resource Can't see the house for the wreckage Description An account of the resource An entire neighborhood in Baytown was flooded, you can barely see the house in this photo. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-09-04 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anonymous Title A name given to the resource The US flag still flying high Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2017-09-04 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)</a> license. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This item was contributed via the Harvey Memories Project "Contribute an Item" form. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 2018-07-26 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. +29.812002-094.955870/ 77521 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2018-07-26