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[theweekmagazine]

Here’s the latest cover of our magazine, featuring Houston’s heroes.

[gratefulfrog]

[machetelanding]

[odd-the-motoring-fox]

Stay strong neighbor 💪

[texas-conservative]

#HoustonStrong

[butterflysuki77]

In case some of you are wondering “what the deal is” with Houston, TX.  This is a collection of posts that family and friends have shared via social media just today.

[math-nerd-deactivated20200704]

As someone trapped in the city right now, it’s even more terrifying than you can imagine.

[rocket-surgery808]

My son and I donated a little to the American Red Cross today to help out Hurricane Harvey victims. I can’t imagine what a dad and mom in a storm shelter with their kids are going thru. It must be tough.

[nottheyounglings]

Hurricane Harvey- This is serious.

I actually live in Texas.

My neighborhood is right around the DFW area, so I’m not especially close to the gulf or anything. But, I have family and relatives whose entire homes have been destroyed by the hurricane.

This really isn’t a joke.

My city is running out of gas by the minute because the oil rigs in the gulf have shut down. There are lines growing miles long at gas stations as I type.

Kids are being transferred to schools nearby me because their schools have been entirely oblerated by the hurricane while the teachers are left without both jobs and homes.

The convention center is overflowing with victims who have no other place to go, so police who are working day and night have begun transporting people to my city as well.

So many animals have no food or shelter to survive upon, and there just aren’t enough supplies or cops to take care of all the stranded pets.

Living so close, the impact of this disaster rings within a much deeper level than sympathy. Since my family contains victims of this tragedy, I truly understand how devastating this is to not just everyone in Southern Texas but to our entire state and livelihood.

You see things on TV, and you think to yourself, “Wow. I’ve got to feel sorry for those people. It must be horrible.”

But, now, I’m living in the wake of such a travesty.

Please, please, PLEASE. Just a single prayer. A single mind changed. A single donation. Anything and everything you can do will help.

Texas truly needs you.❤️

[easy-breezy-b2utiful-monbebe]

hello ♥ I’m back

So as many know, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas pretty hard. Fortunately it didn’t flood my house, but it did flood my friend’s. Her family had to evacuate in boats at like 5 am and it was pretty horrible to hear. As a friend I couldn’t do anything about it since the roads to her place where flooded as well. I am thankful nothing happened in my neighborhood. Well, the street did turn into a mini river but that was it. My family was a bit scared something would happen, but I was mentally prepared for anything. 

Just some tips in case you are ever in such situations like hurricanes or tornadoes,

1. Make an emergency backpack

2. Pack at least 2 change of clothes

3. Batteries and flashlight

4. Snacks and water

5. Socks, you may find this weird even if you are not the type to wear socks, if you are ever in such situations, you want your feet to be warm after it. ^^

6. Pack important documents in zip bags so they won’t get wet

7. and Don’t forget to pack a small first aid kit. I find this very important, especially acetaminophen and ibuprofen ♥

think of it as going camping but taking your most important things that will fit in a backpack ☺ I believe it is better to be prepared than to pack stuff at the last minute while freaking out. ^^

[wearespnfamily]

All Of CW

http://ew.com/tv/2017/09/01/cw-stars-raise-money-hurricane-harvey-relief/amp/

The new crowdrise goal is $500,000 and now all of CW are hoping to help.

Beautiful hearts. Reblog far and wide fandoms!

[barbellsbaconandkilos]

Pay it forward, Day 2

Today, went down to league city and helped a couple clean out their house. They got 28 inches in their house. We boxed up salvageable dishes, dry books, and personal items for them. Helped clean out a few rooms that were just soaked in floodwater. They also just needed to be around people and vent. I hope that I helped. The grind continues tomorrow.

[loo0609]

Dickinson Cleanup! Don’t forget masks and gloves! This stuff can make you sick!

[truetalesofamusicteacher]

I got to hug one of my babies today while I was out in the neighborhoods passing out cold water.

I’ve never been so incredibly happy to see some of my kiddos. I’ve also never been so sad seeing what they and their families are dealing with right now.

Also, kids don’t come back until September 11th…..I’m going crazy. Until I have to return on the 7th, I will be volunteering anywhere I can.

Have a good one, peeps. ✌🏾

[21stdavinci]

(via Harvey the Hurricane Hawk: Scared Hawk in Taxi Finds Man Who Will Help | The Dodo - YouTube)

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💙

[ibabird]

Documenting the Disaster

I was discussing with co-workers how quickly things shifted from tropical storm to tropical depression. As my family and I have only lived in Houston for 7 years, we have yet to experience a hurricane…so I’ve always felt a little out of the loop and ill-equipped as I watch others prepare. There were discussions of the unbelievable rush to grocery stores and long lines of people in pursuit of water and gas; comparisons of past hurricane’s and tropical storms; debates on the likelihood that people were freaking over nothing or not freaking out enough… The scene felt familiar. And yet something felt slightly off…as the day wore on, and things became increasingly ominous, I crossed a threshold from interested to anxious. I participated in my first frenzied store run (which, if you know me, you know that I have ADHD and am extremely sensitive to simultaneous auditory and visual stimulation such that I avoid the grocery store like the plague and have to earbuds with music blaring in the event that I happen to brave such a chaotic environment… And my oldest daughter is exactly like me…but guess who had to come with me? You guessed it.). I remember feeling conflicted about how much water to grab from the shelf, knowing there wasn’t much left and families stood behind me waiting.Fast-forward to Saturday, as the rain began to fall, I did what I always do and pulled out my camera. Initially, things seemed pretty benign…a bad rain storm. However, as we moved into Saturday evening and Sunday, conditions became more dire. Hundred of tornadoes broke out. Winds were high…the rain was unceasing…and the flood waters rose. We are unbelievably lucky to live in a neighborhood that was relatively unscathed.

Here’s how our neighborhood faired during the storm…

Meanwhile, as you know, thousands of my fellow Houstonians were displaced as their homes were submerged in water. People were left scrambling for safety with a handful of possessions as a literally unprecedented amount of rain fell. By now you’ve seen tons of images of individuals clinging to street signs or trudging through waist-high water…mothers and fathers gripping their babies as they were air-lifted from their roofs… children being carried out their homes by first-responders from their flooded home… the elderly trapped in wheelchairs and hospital beds inside nursing homes as water rose chest-high…people being pulled from car windows…  and on and on and on… I was moved by the thousands of rescues made by both emergency personnel working literal 24-hour shifts; as well as average citizens—from Houston, Louisiana, and beyond—armed with nothing but umbrellas, ropes, mud boats or high-profile vehicles, and their cellphones. But my heart ached,  and continues to ache, as I watch others suffer.  Images keep playing in my head of one family of 6 we picked up on a flooding highway, grasping their children in torrential rain, every possession contained in a few bags and trash bags, their infant daughter crying as they lifted her into a stranger’s car with nothing but faith that we meant them no harm. Even now, the thought of having to decide that leaving our house and striking out on foot amid rising water and Biblical-level rainfall with a handful of items and the clothes on our backs, would ultimately be the best-case scenario… I can’t even fathom it. Each day, my family and I would venture out as far as we could to help others where we could (donations, transportation, collecting and storing belongings)—and I would document the damage we encountered along the way. Eventually, we were able to make it all the way downtown to survey some of our favorite spots. To my delight, I saw hundreds of Houstonians doing the same—laughing, riding bikes, tossing case-upon-case of water and food into the cars to take to nearby shelters…Being…normal…determined…strong. And I’ve never been prouder to be a part of anything in my life.

This is HoUSton. And will be back. Stronger.

[goodqueenlilibet]

Just saw a friend of mine share this on Facebook. This is nice. I don’t live in Texas but I do live in the east coast and unfortunately know what these people are going through. Praying for everyone affected.