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In the past, I.e. Katrina, Ike; our driveway has always been the “safe” driveway. People would park their cars on our driveway because we are the highest house on the block. Harvey proved that wrong.

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My Daughter and my grandchildren trying to get to Nonnies house. Thankfully, a very kind center point energy truck picked them up.

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Some CFISD employees arranged a supply drive at Truitt Middle School. The gentleman driving this truck volunteered the use of his truck when a teacher from Kahla Middle School received word that there were family stuck in the neighborhoods that could…

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When we went to muck out houses, this is just one debree pile of one house.

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8/25/2017 0.27
8/26/2017 3.43
8/27/2017 20.84
8/28/2017 6.05
8/29/2017 13.01
8/30/2017 1.31


The first 2 days were prior to Harvey's rain bands attacking the Houston area. On the 27th that total amount is from late evening…

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As the rains fell and the water rose on August 27, the families on Hazelton Street in the Willowbend neighborhood in Houston knew their neighborhood was in trouble. We could see streets that were now rivers. Several families began going door to door…

Harvey was a named storm for only a week, but that name has stayed on our lips since.

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This image was captured kayaking in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and the Addicks Reservoir water release.

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This image was captured on a kayak, a day or two after the hurricane in my neighborhood near the Addicks Reservoir which released water flooding many homes and businesses in the vicinity.

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My parents decided to stay in their home in Bayside, Texas, where the hurricane first made landfall. The hurricane stalled on their community, essentially destroying more than 80% of homes in the area.

I was watching the weather radar to give my…
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