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The day after the storm ended, water was rising in the previously dry neighborhood between Memorial Drive and Kimberley just east of Beltway 8 as controlled releases from the reservoirs flooded Buffalo Bayou. I took my kayak out to see if there was…

With 50+ inches of rain in 4 days dropping 19 trillion gallons of water, 40000+ homes (and counting) destroyed, thousands of families displaced from their homes, all major rivers, levees, and bayous overflowing above record flood levels inundating…

A panoramic shot inside of the George R Brown Convention Center showing those displaced by the storm and the donations contributed to aid those displaced. Picture was taken on top of a 12ft+ pile of clothes

View of the southbound lanes of Almeda Road near El Paseo St. looking towards 610. Several feet of standing water made the road impassable.

Donated clothing had to be sorted and organized by volunteers at the NRG Center shelter. This shelter was opened under orders from Harris County Judge Honorable Ed Emmett after the George R. Brown Convention Center shelter reached capacity.

A copy of the Houston Chronicle on a folding chair inside the NRG Center shelter. Below the newspaper is a pair of rubber gloves worn by volunteers who distributed food and water to survivors seeking refuge inside the massive building.

My husband works for a major insurance company. We still had water in our house on Tuesday morning after Harvey came through Houston, but his company required him to be on a conference call as they were trying to create a strategy to deal with the…