Harvey- Another 1000 Year Flood

Harvey- dumped  nine trillion gallons of water on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The storm was  classified as the most extreme rain event in U.S. history.

Harvey is the third 1000 year flood I have documented in the last 13 months.  Last year, I photographed the  1000 year flood in Southern Louisiana and Mathew in North Carolina.

The determinations that make a 1000 year flood, a 1000 year flood are based on the chances of several factors coming together to cause a weather event. These calculations don’t seem to have factored climate change in to the equation.

Here are links to my work on the three 1000 year floods mentioned in this post.

HARVEY: Weather Channel’s site- Reflections of Harvey

Hurricane Harvey Hits Home for Texas Environmental Hero Hilton Kelley

From Homes to Refineries, Finding Pollution and Loss in Harvey’s Path

Black & White Photos of Harvey’s Aftermath / Color Photos of Harvey’s Aftermath

MATTHEW   Weather Channel :Reflections of The Flood

NO NAME STORM IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA:

Feature  for the Weather Channel about the 1000 year flood in Southern Louisiana  A YEAR IN THE AFTERMATH 

Wading through the aftermath of Louisiana’s 1,000-year flood 

Environmental Concerns — and Anger — Grow in Month After Thousand-Year Flood Strikes Louisiana

Flood-Ravaged Gulf Coast Residents Ask President Obama To Cancel Federal Offshore Drilling Lease Auction

Louisiana’s Drowning: Follow our Photographer’s Journey Capturing Hope and Loss in Historic Flood

Cat being rescued as people evacute from Vidor, Texas on Sept. 1, 2017 days after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in Texas. The water in Vidor conintued to rise as water from a damn near by was released.

Sept 1, 2017 volenteer helping evacute people checking in Vidor, Texas where floodwater continued to rise days after Hurricane Harvey first made landful holds up his gun which fell into the water and had to be retrieved.

Sept 1, 2017, flooded church in Vidor, Texas. Hurricane Harvey, was downgraded to a tropical storm when it flooded Vidor, Texas and the surrounding area.

Pig being rescued as people evacute from Vidor, Texas on Sept. 1, 2017 days after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in Texas. The water in Vidor conintued to rise as water from a damn near by was released.

Flooded home in Vidor Texas where the water continued to rise days after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in Texas.

Flare at a refinery in Deerpark Texas, as it struggles to come back online after shutting down due to Hurricane Harvey.

Environmentalist, Hilton Kelley and his wife Marie return to their home in Port Arthur, Texas after evacuating for Hurricane Harvey and embrace in there flooded home after surveying the destruction.

Vidor, Texas, August 31, 2017- evacuations continue in Vidor, Texas as water continued to rise, despite Hurricane Harvey’s rain stopping. After being evacuated from thier homes, and other places they are stuck, people are dropped off in the parking lot of a stripmall in VIdor before being taken by school bus to a shelter in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Vidor, Texas, August 31, 2017- evacuations continue in Vidor, Texas as water continued to rise, despite Hurricane Harvey’s rain stopping. After being evacuated from thier homes, and other places they are stuck, people are dropped off in the parking lot of a stripmall in VIdor before being taken by school bus to a shelter in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Family on a bus provided to help the evacuate from their home in Vidor Texas followoing Hurricane Harvery.

Vidor, Texas, August 31, 2017- evacuations continued from Vidor, Texas as water continued to rise, despite Hurricane Harvey’s rain stopping. Lisa Headley’s dog Bently suffered from heat exhaustion after Hurricane Harvey hit. When a team of first responders came to help her evacuate, they told he to give up on Bentley who was close to death. She refused and bought him with her. In a parking lot of a strip-mall in Vidor, EMT’s helped bring Bentley’s tempature down and give him oxygen, giving him a chance to recover.

Man checking on a home in Vidor Texas.

Volenteers helping evacuate people in Vidor Texas where the water continued to rise days after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in Texas, in boats.

Sept 1, 2017, flooded home in Vidor, Texas. Hurricane Harvey, was downgraded to a tropical storm when it flooded Vidor, Texas and the surrounding area.

Sept 1, 2017, flooded home in Vidor, Texas. Hurricane Harvey, was downgraded to a tropical storm when it flooded Vidor, Texas and the surrounding area.

Rescued pig in Vidor Texas at a gas station.

Flooded road in Vidor, Texas, HWY 1135

Mobile Gas station in Vidor Texas flooded by Harvey.

Days after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in Texas, homes in the Woodlands ll subdivision off Gessner Road and Bayou Shadows, in Houston, Texas remained underwater. The flooding in this part of Houton was impacted by Harvey’s rainstomr and water released from the Addicks Dam. When the Addicks Reservoir started to over flow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began releasing water from the Addicks Dam, which had already started to overflow.

Hilary Purcell in the home she rents in he Gessner and Bayou Shadows area, in Houston, Texas. The flooding in this part of town was impacted by the water released from the Addicks Dam as well as Harvey’s delluge of rain. When the Addicks Resivoir started to over flow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began releasing water from the Addicks Dam, which had already started to overflow.

Exit ramp off Interstate 10 headed West near Vidor Texas remained flooded days after Hurricane Harvey firm made landall in Texas.

Truck in front of The Heights at Park Row apartment building on Houston’s west side across from the city’s Energy Corridor remained flooded days after Hurricane Harvey’s rain stopped. Flood water here was caused by the release of water from the Addicks Reservoir.