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

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.

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…

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.

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…

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 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…

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.

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

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