@@anhedonically replied to your post “Me and mom were watching the news this morning and they had a reporter...”
I keep thinking of you and worrying. I know you've said you and your mom are okay and stuff but it's all got to be so scary, especially with friends and neighbors and such in the area 😢💔 Sending so much love 💓💓
That’s so kind of you, dear, thank you. <3 It is really scary, I admit, especially as the areas immediately south and east of us have flooded badly, but we are completely dry, our power has never gone off, we have a lot of water, and we might get a little low on our favorite foods but we still have lots of stuff in the pantry and freezer.
I don’t know about all my friends, but I do know that one good friend came just short of flooding. She posted on Facebook that they were retreating upstairs, but later she texted me that the rain stopped when the water had just barely gotten in the back door.
I’m most worried about some friends who are farmers and ranchers, because I don’t know yet if their land and/or livestock have been destroyed. I haven’t heard from my massage therapist (who’s also a friend), I don’t know where he is. I don’t know how long it will be until I have access to my doctors or until I can resume the routines my autism likes.
But all that said, we’re remarkably blessed, because our house and car are dry and we’re safe. After this week, I can’t ask for much more than that.
@@justoneoftheweasleys replied to your post “Me and mom were watching the news this morning and they had a reporter...”
What area are you in? Are you okay? My family lost our house and now we're trying to survive day by day. Is your family okay?
We’re on the west side, just off Highway 6 and West Little York. Amazingly, we’re totally okay. At first I was comforted that we live so near the Addicks reservoir because I thought it would keep the water away, but as it turns out we ended up just barely beyond how far Addicks has flooded. I haven’t left our subdivision to check how close the water is, but I know that neighborhoods 5 minutes away are underwater.
I’m so, so sorry you lost your house. I wish I could help, but my heart goes out to you and your family. Me and my mom live together, and I have a cousin in the Heights who is doing okay. My grandparents used to live on Eldridge, but they moved to a retirement home in Dallas last year (where the rest of our family lives), which is good in that they didn’t have to go through this, but bad in that their house hasn’t sold yet and it’s almost certainly flooded.
That will be a problem, but still, we hardly have anything to complain about, and we’ve felt almost a survivor’s guilt sort of emotion from watching the news all day and seeing how bad it is. I wish we had money to give and that we were healthy and able-bodied enough to volunteer. Again, I’m so sorry about your home, and I’ll pray that you find a place to go soon. <3
@@thehlaalueffect replied to your post “Me and mom were watching the news this morning and they had a reporter...”
I'm really glad you're out of harms way, I'd be really scared if I lived in that area
It’s definitely been really scary, but I’m far more scared for the city itself and everyone who has lost their homes. There are so, so many vulnerable people here, so many structures that are destroyed, and it’s going to take months for the water to go back down to normal, and years for people to recover, if they ever can. It’s almost more mind-boggling than frightening, because I can’t wrap my head around the scope of this.
But me and my mom and our cats are safe and dry, so nobody needs to worry about us. <3
And I just have to say that for how utterly devastating this has been, I’ve never seen such an incredible outpouring of human kindness and generosity. There have been hundreds of civilians bringing in their trucks, their boats, their jetskis, anything that can get through the water, and voluntarily working all day long to save people trapped in their homes. Donations are pouring in like a river, people are standing in long lines to volunteer, people are opening their homes to take in those who need shelter, people have formed human chains to rescue others from raging waters. I’m so proud of my city.
