Flood Prevention
After Hurricane Harvey, a friend in a neighboring county government office emailed me to see if I had any information that could help her. A resident had called looking for information on how to protect his home from flood waters.…
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Tag Hurricanes
Preparing for, responding to, and recovering from hurricanes.
Emergency Food Packs for Seniors
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston (IMGH) has a yearly project (Operation IMpact) that provides Emergency Food Packs to over 4000 home bound senior citizens in their Meals on Wheels program. The goal is to help these people survive a natural…
Hurricane Supplies
Which help for other emergencies, too! Hurricane Season began June 1 but the peak months for the Gulf Coast are August and September. Are you ready? We were without power for 16 days after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Here are…
Hurricane Season 2026
Hurricane season begins today, June 1, and goes until November 30. Current storm predictions are for a slightly below average season, the weakest hurricane season in over a decade due, in part, to a strong El Nino event. Waters in…
Hurricane Harvey Remembered – Part VI
The newspaper article “Damage outside flood plain exposes flaws” was printed in the Sunday, April 1, 2018 Houston Chronicle. The following quotes are from that article: “Hurricane Harvey damaged more than 204,000 homes and apartment buildings in Harris County, almost…
Hurricane Harvey Remembered – Part V
Written the week of August 28, 2017 Going through the effects of Hurricane Harvey has been an emotionally draining experience. It was rather surreal to begin with because the weather was so nice. Then it started to rain. And rain.…
Hurricane Harvey Remembered – Part IV
Clean up and recovery are requiring a lot of different supplies. Here are some that I’m glad I had so I could help right away: • Disposable gloves for handling flooded clothes and other items• Laundry detergent• Laundry sanitizer for…
Hurricane Harvey Remembered – Part III
Harvey FINALLY left the room and there was still a bread shortage even at the end of the week (September 1). As a result, the flour started disappearing off the shelves. Eggs were also hard to find. Milk was unavailable…
Hurricane Harvey Remembered – Part II
Monday, August 28, my husband turned on the kitchen faucet and there was hardly any water pressure. He quickly filled up some pitchers. We were afraid we were going to lose our water. I still had some weekend dishes to…