Harvey Survivors Sammy Ford At the time of the interview, Sammy Ford had lived in the Houston community for approximately forty years and had experienced multiple natural disasters, with flooding from Hurricane Harvey and…
Harvey Survivors John Young Sr. John Young was born and raised in Houston’s Fifth Ward and has lived there all his life. He recalls that in his youth, the neighborhood was peaceful, with good teachers…
Harvey Survivors Yvette Scales Yvette Scales recounts almost sixty years of personal experience with tropical storms and hurricanes while living in the Third Ward of Houston, TX. Scales touches on her memories with Hurricanes…
Harvey Survivors Rhonda Davis Rhonda Davis has lived in La Porte, Texas, for forty-three years. Upon recounting her experience with Hurricane Harvey, Davis revealed that many believed the news to overestimate the potential threat…
Harvey Survivors Debra Johnson Debra Johnson moved from San Antonio, where she grew up, to Houston to be closer to her aging mother. After several years living in Houston, Johnson's apartment flooded during Hurricane…
Harvey Survivors Doris Yudelvich Doris Yudelvich has lived in Houston for thirty years, and experienced flooding on Memorial Day in 2015 and during Hurricane Harvery. Yudelvich says that she did not go to work…
First Responders Dr. Chris Souders & Dr. Kevin Schulz Dr. Chris Souders, Associate Medical Director for the Houston Fire Department Emergency Medical Services (HFD EMS), and Kevin Schulz, Assistant Medical Director, helped to organize the emergency medical services offered…
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 Mark Renn Mark Robert Renn was born outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and has since lived all over the country. Kingwood is the fourth Texan city Renn has lived in, with Houston, Austin,…
Harvey Survivors Carolyn Littleton & Shelia Whitfield Carolyn Littleton and Shelia Whitfield are both native Houstonians who experienced flooding during Hurricane Harvey. Littleton and Whitfield, sisters, recall living through Hurricane Carla as children in 1961. Both women,…
Volunteers Rabbi Jill Levy Rabbi Jill Levy moved to Houston when she was two years old and grew up going to the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center in Meyerland. The JCC plays a vital…
Volunteers Mary Jo Lagoski Mary Jo Lagoski is a private practice psychotherapist in Kingwood, where she has lived for the past thirty years. Lagoski's home did not suffer damages from Harvey, but she details…
Volunteers Stephen James Stephen James saw the devasting effects of Hurricane Harvey firsthand and documented his experience through photography. James's career as a CBS affiliate at Houston, Channel 11 prepared him to seek…
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…
Harvey Survivors Margie Freeman Margie Freeman, born in 1951 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, moved to Houston thirty-two years ago for her husband's job. Freeman recalls her first experience with a hurricane in 1972, with…
Volunteers State Rep. Harold Dutton Harold Dutton was born in Fifth Ward and attend Texas Southern University for law school. Dutton remembers Hurricane Carla in 1961 and how it impacted his first days of college.…
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 Ana Vazao Ana Vazao describes her experience after her house flooded during Hurricane Harvey. Vazao talks about how she became concerned about flooding after hearing news reports about the expected impacts in…
Harvey Survivors Lynne Boone Lynne Boone, born in Cleveland, Ohio, moved to Houston, Texas in 1984 and has remained here ever since. Living in Kingwood, Boone experienced the significance of Hurricane Harvey firsthand. In…
Harvey Survivors John Barr John Barr has lived in Kingwood for more than thirty years and teaches history at Lone Star College - Kingwood. When he first heard about the potential storm forming in…
