This is so heartbreaking. I saw one of the Mayors on Fox this afternoon and he said the first responders are expecting to find more bodies inside homes, vehicles, or in the floodwaters.
There has been so many countless heroes during this disaster but they all have to be getting very exhausted themselves by now. It is scary to see the boats out and then they hit the roof of a hidden vehicle under the water and they have even hit the roof of some submerged homes. It shows how dark and murky the floodwaters are. I also saw where a main road had ruptured all the way across it. It is very likely before this is over with that more roads and even bridges will collapse or at least parts of the entire bridge span. All of the rainwater underneath all of the bridges can greatly compromise the H&I beams which supports all bridges.
So glad to see a lot of our Texas friends have now posted. I was getting very worried when we weren't hearing from them.
I sure hope and pray the dams or levees hold. If they become breached due to the heavy load they are trying to hold back then the citizens in the area will have another nightmare to deal with. Iirc, ONE gallon of water weighs around 8 pounds so the force behind a dam breech spilling all of the held back water into the surrounding areas would be even more traumatic than it is now..... if possible.
I am still praying hard for all of you.
Thank you to the posters who were kind enough to provide the donation links. My husband, and I made our first donation today, but are planning on donating often because the recovery and clean up could take years to happen.
Harvey will go down in history as being the worst hurricane that caused major flood damage. IMO Even those who have been trying to calculate the possible loss has stopped doing so since this is still an ongoing traumatic event. Homes and business will be wiped out with some building back along with others who will not, and just think about the huge losses concerning vehicles alone who are now submerged, and others that are going to be submerged before the floodwaters starts to ebb. It has to be so frightening for those who are right in the middle of it. Most now are trying to be strong but as time goes on there will be those who will suffer from deep depression.
IMO
