Impact Of Hurricane Harvey In Texas

Three weeks ago, Houston experienced one of the largest and costliest natural disasters in American history. The storm impacted all, regardless of socioeconomic or immigration status. Thousands of people were under water and many became homeless. Harvey produced a record 49 inches of rain since it came ashore. It caused many unexpected destructions along with death of some people.

“Human bodies bobbed facedown in the water, bumping against the boat” (“Anderson vii”). By September 7, 1900, Galveston was the 4th largest city in Texas (“Galveston”). It was a growing and flourishing port city of 37,000 (resources); and one of the wealthiest cities in the country (“Galveston”). On September 8, 1900 a powerful hurricane slammed into Galveston (“Galveston”). Its’ highest wind speed recorded before the anemometer blew away was 100 mph, but the speeds were estimated as high as 135 mph (“Galveston”). Over 3,600 buildings were destroyed in the hurricane causing 30,000 people to be homeless (“Galveston”). A 15-foot storm surge engulfed the entire island leaving the highest point of the island just over 8 feet above sea level (“Galveston”). Evacuation was almost impossible (“Galveston”). At first their estimation of

The New York Times writers explains all the events happening during Harvey’s next landfall in “Harvey Live Updates: Trump Heads to a Flooded Texas”. In case you’ve been living underneath a construction site for your whole life, Harvey made hard landfalls in Corpus Christi and Houston, TX along with other cities in Texas. With hundreds of thousands of people under evacuation orders, shelters in Houston filled to bursting with people who craved some news about the safety of their loved ones and the state of their homes. Parts of the Houston area set a record for rainfall from a single storm anywhere in the continental United States, with a top reading on Tuesday afternoon, since the storm began, of 51.88 inches. Jeffrey Lindner, a meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District, said 25 to 30 percent of Harris County's 1,800 square miles of land was flooded.

Hurricane Harvey had and environmental. Economic, social and political impact on the city of Houston as well as the state of Texas.

Harvey known as an apocalyptic storm for many Houstonian’s who have described the scenery and event for that weekend. Many homes, businesses, and schools destroyed causing it to be one of the biggest recovery mission in the nation. A big flare of controversy between the government and the state happened as well. Even with many homes lost and so much sadness spread across south Texas and Houston many texans came together as one.

Harvey made Houston, Texas, flooded within 30 days. This flood killed millions of people in Texas. It damaged over thousands of houses, with families in them dead. It was nearly 4.5 full of rain, and 130 mph of wind flowing around that time. About 780,000 people from Texas evacuated from their houses, about 781 roads were closed, 80,000 homes had 18 inches of rainwater.

Hurricane Harvey is a category four storm. Harvey was a catastrophic flood disaster in southeast Texas. The winds reached the speed of one-hundred thirty miles per hour. Near Rockport, Texas Harvey meandered around around southern Texas for days as a weakening hurricane and tropical storm. As a tropical storm, Harvey dropped forty to fifty two inches of rainfall in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Texas Army National Guard and even strangers helped rescues people. (nch.noaa.gov August 30, 2017

On August 26th, 2017, Hurricane Harvey crashed into Texas and devastated Houston and the surrounding area. Harvey battered cities along the Gulf of Mexico, hitting primarily low income communities, and leaving 52 inches of rainfall, destroying about 22,000 homes, and displacing thousands in its wake. The image discussed in this essay depicts a Red Cross relief center in Houston providing shelter for residents unable to evacuate. The aforementioned image is of a domestic event, but the people, objects, and context demonstrate the complex social processes of globalization. Details in this image of Hurricane Harvey illustrate the harmful effect of the globalizing market in leading developed nations to be more focused on short term economic gain rather than long term environmental protection.

I live in a small part of Texas that just got horrible rain which caused terrible flooding and strong winds. The winds flipped over cars and blew trees into houses, on top of cars, and across streets. According to weather reports from Fox, Houston received an average of 40-50 inches of rainfall. This large amount of rainfall caused flooding at the Brazos river and other parts of the Houston area. Harvey also damaged many roads in Houston. The flooding went under the roads and washed away the support which created sinkholes. The flooding was strong enough that it moved the concrete barriers on the freeways.

August 25, 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit the coast of Texas with absolute power. It was originally predicted that it would not surpass category 1, the elements combined and made Harvey extremely vicious. It hit the most populated areas on the United States becoming one of the most destructive. People did not have enough time to properly prepare for the unpredicted devastation ahead. However, the government and the people responded with strong efforts. Let’s start with the federal department. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (which is referred to as FEMA), with its government accomplices mobilized a work force and with many assets to help states affected. About 21,000 government assets were sent to help out during the vicious Tropical Storm. A lot of people sought refuge during the storm and the Federal government gave them many places to stay for example many government owned sites were converted refuge sites for the victims. The U.S coast guard played a huge role to aid victims. Thousands of coast guards were deployed in support of the relief efforts. They evacuated victims through government transport such as helicopters and big vehicles that could travel through the flooding. They are also opened various docks and waterways within Brownsville, Kentucky without any restrictions to the public. FEMA provided thousands of meals, medical and household items. Fema also paid rent for the victim’s short-term housing. Other ongoing Federal

(Ref. 4) On April 28, 2009 Houston, TX experience yet another flood and it was caused by the aftermath of a Tornado. People, houses, vehicles and roads were affected. Many people had to rescued and cars along with ambulances were submerged under water. Highways were forced to be closed and people were captured canoeing or walking to get to places due to high waters in the area. In just 24 hours about nine inches of rain were being reported in areas in Houston.

On April 18, 2016 Yahoo reports Houston, Texas have flooding that forces residents to move out their homes and live in a nearby shelter. The flooding causes damage to the electricity lines, foreclosures of freeways, and forcing schools to close down because of the weather. One million students got the day off including workers. It’s deeply saddened that five victims were dead in this weather. There is over 450 water rescue and victims were transported to the mall to shelter away until the storm passes. It’s hard for people to drive in the freeway because the water can be up to 15 feet deep. The weather causes frustration toward the Houston resident.

Hurricane Harvey happened on August 25-29 as a category 4 hurricane and devastated the Texas coastline with wind speeds of up to 130 mph, along with heavy rainfall and flooding along affected areas. The most impacted areas of the storm was Rockport and Fulton as both electricity and water services were unavailable at the time of the storm. Storm floods brought a total of 52 inches of rain to Houston, which turned out to be an American record for the amount of rainfall to a given area. Hurricane Harvey originated off the coast of Africa and began moving towards the U.S. on August 13 and became a hurricane on the 23 as the National Weather Service began issuing warnings for the Texas coast that day. During the storm Houston and its surrounding areas received more than 25 inches of rain in a two day span. Due to the destruction of the wind and rainfall, it will take some years for the victims of this major storm to recover (NOAA, 11-13-2017).

All-natural disasters have tailored needs to help with the relief program. For example, Hurricane Harvey has special needs to begin the process of relief and rebuilding. Hurricane Harvey is the most recent hurricane to have hit the United States. It was rated a four on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with five being the most destructive hurricane. Harvey stormed in on Texas and left parts of Houston in pieces as many of the buildings that occupied Houston for miles, are now missing walls and even left in shambles. According to Ed Ziegler, a restaurant owner in Texas, he said he stayed behind to try and preserve some of his possessions in the restaurant, but instead he found himself marking the walls where the water preceded to. Ziegler also claims to have seen a turtle in his living room, and passed a tuna fish on the way out of his building (Simpson, S.B). A handful of Texans evacuated before the storm made its appearance, but many stayed behind not realizing the power of this storm.

In “the Still Waiting for FEMA in Texas and Florida Hurricanes” article created on October 22, 2017, by Manny Fernandez, Lizette Alvarez, and Ron Nixon. From the article I was able to gather information on what the federal government agencies contributed to residents that were affected by the natural disaster. In brief, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the state of Texas plummeting nearly 4.5 feet of rain and winds up to 130mph. This was the first time in the history of Texas a hurricane