My son Sam and his friends spent several days after the flood helping neighbors gut their houses. Eventually they worked up the nerve to ask our neighbor, Brian Peters of the Houston Texans, if he needed help lifting furniture.
Boat Rescue. Memorial Drive and Beltway 8, Houston, August 2017.
Neighbors posted this message in response to looters who were driving up and down flooded streets looking for treasures to grab from residents' yards.
Doll on a Bridge. On the bridge over Brays Bayou on Stella Link Boulevard, Houston, August 28, 2017.
Flood waters receded enough for us to drive over the bridge, but exposed debris left from Brays Bayou remains.
Jed on a Float Inside Flooded House on Durness Way. Houston, August 27, 2017.
When the water inside our house became too deep for our dog Jed to stand, we put him on this air mattress. We evacuated our house with Jed on the mattress and carried him around on it for six hours while we tried to reach our destination.
Photo of my Son. Durness Way, Houston, August 30, 2017.
On the curb outside my house on Durness Way, one of my favorite photos of my son, purchased at a school auction when he was in 1st grade. This was my only copy.
