disaster relief – Resilient Houston: Documenting Hurricane Harvey

James Joseph

James Joseph has lived in Houston for most of his life and is a community organizer in Fifth Ward. He remembers previous hurricanes, like Allison and Ike, and their effects…

Harvey Survivors

Dr. Max Heimlich

Dr. Max Heimlich is veterinarian at Stuebner Airline Veterinary Hospital in northwest Houston, which flooded during Hurricane Harvey. Heimlich says that growing up in Ohio, he was not prepared for…

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…

Deacon Endra Cosby

Deacon Endra Cosby is the facilities manager at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Third Ward. Cosby grew up in Chicago before moving to Minnesota and then Houston, where his brother…

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…