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My husband, Captain Tom Moncrief of the Pearland Police Department was scheduled to start his long hurricane shift, but our neighborhood was flooded in. The police rescue vehicle came to pick him up at the front entrance and he had to wade down the…

My brother is a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and he invited me to take over his Sunday column in September 2017 to share what it was like to be in Houston during Harvey. This is what I wrote for that column.

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The hometown I…

After staring at the looping radar feeds and monitoring the flood gauges around the city, I decided to step outside for the first time since it started raining and shoot a short video to post on social media.

Once the rain started, I put out a bucket to see how much rain we would get. I wound up emptying and filling almost four times. Thank G-d, our neighborhood was able to drain (mostly) with water only making it up half the front lawns. I put this pic…

This is a progression photo showing the pond in the Canyon Lakes at StoneGate subdivision in Cypress, Texas during the 3 days of August 25, 2017 - August 27, 2017.

We could hear these frogs inside and over the sound of our TV

A little bit of background first. I am a weather geek, or as I would describe myself, a well-educated layman. I have a background in the natural sciences, and meteorology has always been a fascination of mine. This fascination began when I was 6…

This photo shows the morning we had to relocate the residence hall, Bayou Oaks, through flood waters to get to safety

This photo shows the morning we had to relocate the residence hall, Bayou Oaks, through flood waters to get to safety

Our neighborhood water retention system did a great job during Harvey as it rose and drained foot by foot. After spending several days inside without power, residents made the best of the situation by kayaking in the flood waters as a cure for cabin…