Mark C. Austin’s Meyerland area home, about six blocks off of North Braeswood Bayou, didn’t flood over the weekend, but the water got pretty close — too close for comfort. “It got all of the way up to my door and stopped,” says the local music scene staple who owns The Convoy Group, which manages a host of local solo artists and bands, including The Suffers and The Tontons. from http://www.freepresshouston.com/harvey-tales-mark-austin-of-the-convoy-group/
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There’s this French magazine called Charlie Hebdo. You might remember them from when their offices were attacked by terrorists and we all had to pretend for a while that they weren’t awful. While no one is deserving of a terrorist attack, they were and are awful, and Houston is their latest target. Their latest cover implies that Hurricane Harvey came on down and drowned a city of Nazis. That’s... from http://www.freepresshouston.com/does-charlie-hebdo-think-all-texans-are-nazis/ In the past five days, we’ve seen this sprawling metropolis known as Houston go from being the sweltering heat jungle we all call home to seeing our homes destroyed by record breaking rain. The flooding and displacement in Houston and the surrounding areas is the worst I’ve ever seen in my life, and everyone in the know is declaring that Harvey has definitely caused the worst flood in Houston... from http://www.freepresshouston.com/everyone-steps-up-for-harvey-relief/ Part 1: THE STORM We had stayed up until 2:30 am Saturday morning monitoring the water levels around our home in the Larchmont neighborhood (south of the Galleria) and went to bed confident that the water had started receding and wasn’t rising at an alarming rate. However, I woke up not two-and-a-half hours later to the sound of my husband’s feet unsuspectingly plopping into at least... from http://www.freepresshouston.com/we-lost-our-house-in-the-storm/ I’ve lived twelve years categorizing life into two sections… Before Katrina and After Katrina. The time between those sharp life lines is gray and murky. It feels heavy and heartbreaking and in the same moment deep of spirit and community. My After Katrina has played out in Houston, the same place I evacuated the grasp […] The post Before Harvey, After Harvey appeared first on Houston Moms Blog. from http://houston.citymomsblog.com/before-harvey-after-harvey/ If you’ve recently entered the Flooded House Club due to the effects of Hurricane Harvey {we will call him that to be official, even though we have some four letter words we are calling him off the record}, our hearts are broken in a million pieces for you. We are so, so, SO sorry you […] The post If Your House Flooded, Here’s What You Need To Do… appeared first on Houston Moms Blog. from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoustonMomsBlog/~3/x1H_L0kqd7c/
from http://houstonfoodblog.com/houstonfood/houston-food-blogs/houston-restaurants-are-starting-to-re-open/ “We was in our house. The water went up so fast ’cause they release the Addict Reservoir Dam in the city at Fort Bend County. None of us know how to swim, but thank god my wife bought the swim float for my daughter to swim and we used that float and evacuated out our house,” says Danny Truong of 3.99 Star Salon, who decided to stay with his family in their Twin Oaks area home until... from http://www.freepresshouston.com/harvey-tales-danny-truong-of-3-99-star-salon/ Hurricane Harvey is turning out to be one of the most devastating storms ever to hit the Houston area. It’s a 500-year weather event, which means it’s probably the biggest flood since Noah’s. At least six friends of mine, including my fellow Black Math Experiment founder Bill Curtner and Houston’s greatest poet Sara Cress, lost everything. Literally, everything. As I sat glued to my local news... from http://www.freepresshouston.com/joel-osteen-fails-at-christianity-keeps-lakewood-closed/ |
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