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During Hurricane Harvey recovery, players for the Houston Texans teamed up with the Houston Food Bank to gather donations and volunteer at the warehouse

Photo taken from rescue boat as we evacuated 8/27/17 in Ponderosa Lakes

Our entire backyard, including the pool, was covered in several feet of water after the dam release. The water in the street next to our backyard fence was up to five feet deep, and the current was so strong that our neighbors in small boats had some…

The whole neighborhood looked like Venise and the image was taken from the boat we used to visit friends.

This photo was taken when we couldn't get out of house the day after Harvey flood.

This was taken later, after much of the damage was done. If I had been flooded as my neighbors, I would have been tempted to sue some of the companies who blocked raising the bridge due to their own financial concerns rather than that of the…

When our local church shelter in Alvin had to close due to imminent flooding plus non-working bathrooms, roughly 500 of us were packed onto buses for some unknown shelter destination outside of Brazoria County. We were initially told they were…

Water was receding

This is a picture of the debris in the front yard from my parents' flooded home. The photo was taken while we were having a short break from the clean up. The house was completely demolished around Easter 2018 after sitting empty for months after…

A collection of stories created by the Associate Dean of Undergraduates and Director of Multicultural Affairs of Rice University's UNIV 110-004 class.