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Just one house in our neighborhood of 250 homes which 80 were flooded

With neighborhoods returning to a state of "normal", we are surrounded by scars of what Harvey did to us. From tire gouges in grass, to waterlines still visible on fences, the memories of Harvey are still so visible.

When we were able to get back into our house to start mucking, the waters were still too high to place the refuge on the curb. This image is permanently burned into my brain.

2 days after the flood, a friend called and asked my wife and I to stay with him. Neither he nor I knew how long we would stay, but he and his family were more than generous. Then when the water receded, he helped with generators and other…

The first full evening of the storm, the Rice University Provost called me and asked that the Doerr Institute for New Leaders team with the Center for Civic Leadership to create Rice's volunteer response to the need in Houston. In order to…

The flood waters were receding at the time as I saw a man going house to house to check if he could help in anyway.

Taken on Sunday Aug 27, 2017 when the water rescues began.