Volunteers John Shepard John Shepard has lived in Kingwood since the 1980s and has experienced several hurricanes and tropical storms. When Hurricane Harvey began to affect Houston, Shepard and his wife were are…
Volunteers Gloria Rose Gloria Rose has lived in Houston since September of 2005. Before that, she lived in New Orleans but left after Hurricane Katrina. Rose recounts some of her experiences during Katrina,…
Volunteers Brandi Holmes & Secunda Joseph Brandi Holmes and Secunda Joseph, both native Houstonians, discuss their experience of Hurricane Harvey. Holmes explains that she is no stranger to floods as her family's neighborhood would flood regularly…
First Responders HFD Station 49 Firefighters at Station 49 of the Houston Fire Department recount their experiences as first responders during Hurricane Harvey. Chief Bob Branch says that no amount of planning could have prepared…
First Responders James Sheffield James Sheffield is part of the Emergency Medical Task Force of Texas, which provides medical support for the Texas Task Force. He first responded to floods in Kingwood in 1994,…
First Responders Ed Llewellyn Ed Llewellyn is a fire fighter at Station 6 of the Houston Fire Department. Hi family moved to Houston in 1986 and he has lived in Kingwood ever since. During…
Harvey Survivors Elgene Muscat Elgene Muscat is a retired nurse who moved to Kingwood in 1995 and experienced flooding during Hurricane Harvey. She recalls that her husband told her when they moved to Kingwood…
Harvey Survivors Eric Dowding Eric Dowding lives along Brays Bayou and has flooded three times, including during Hurricane Harvey. Dowding moved to Houston after he met his wife. The first flood he experienced was…
