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For days we were unable to travel even one exit north or one exit south on the gulf freeway.. either direction had high water making it impassable. This was taken while trying to get to our house in Dickinson

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This is the 5" rain gauge on my balcony by Shepherd and Westheimer. I emptied it 5 times during Harvey.

The bayou had come out of its banks and had covered everything that was normally dry land. It looked like an enormous lake in front of the Allen Parkway/downtown area. Rushing water, water cascading over walls that would never be under water.

These images were taken during the "lull" in Harvey, when it stopped raining for a few hours, then started up again with a vengeance. They are around Shepherd and Memorial and some of my street as it flooded, then drained, 5 times.

When the rains stopped, I took my daughters for a ride in my tall truck throughout the neighborhood to assess damage and view Buffalo Bayou. The bayou crested beyond its banks. The photo here is when it began to recede back inside the banks. This is…

My wife was on the ride-out team at Texas Children's Hospital during the hurricane for an extended period of time and had to remain at the hospital while I stayed with the children in our home. After the roads were safe enough for her to navigate her…

While our neighborhood was one of the few that was spared from flooding, the toll was on Buffalo Bayou as all the waters emptied into it. I live not far from the headwaters in Katy and its a rarity to see the street overflowing.