Greater Houston Water Damage

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Houston and the Harvey Recovery

A short time ago Hurricane Harvey smashed its way into Texas becoming the first Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. since 2005. Harvey was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to have hit the U.S. and the increased waters caused by the Hurricane quickly overwhelmed the city of Houston’s flood failsafes and caused the flooding and evacuation of hundreds of thousands of homes.

While the damage from wind and rain was, and is, catastrophic and the lives of many have been permanently changed forever - the city of Houston and the state of Texas have once again shown the grit and determination that made our republic legendary in years past. Relief concerts are scheduled, events are planned, and already heroic efforts are being taken to restore the area to its former state.

The damage left behind by Harvey is hard to accurately account for. While a monetary number will likely be decided upon in the coming months, it is the unknowable toll in human capital that really makes this event a tragedy. Not only do the lives lost leave a large cloud hanging over the cleanup efforts, the material possessions lost - especially the momentos that signify important events in the lives of others- add an unknowable cost to the disaster that is Harvey. Houston and Texas will recover, and likely be stronger for it, but that does not soften the blow that comes from watching your neighbors truly endure a hardship you have no solution for.

More tangibly speaking, the greater Houston area suffered considerable damage and it will take a good chunk of time before the majority of lives in the area are able to find some sense of normalcy. As CNN summarized it so well :

“For some communities, it was the wind that did the damage. For others, it was the flooding from the massive rains. And for some, who had seemed to dodge both those bullets, it was a surprise late attack from rivers overflowing with the floodwaters...No matter how the destruction rode in, how different the damage was, the devastation was deep and severe.”