Hurricane Harvey, August 2017

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Near our place in Houston, the Buffalo Bayou runs through our neighborhood, as does the major thoroughfare Memorial Drive.  Memorial Drive follows alongside the Bayou, connecting downtown Houston to the Galleria area.  After Hurricane Harvey hit this past week, the Buffalo Bayou overflowed to a level higher than ever in its history.  We suddenly had a lake in our neighborhood when Memorial Drive was covered completely with the Bayou's water.  

The tall building in these photos is the AIG Building, which is positioned on the opposite side of Buffalo Bayou. The entire city endured extremely high water which caused over 100,000 homes to become severely damaged or totally destroyed. Thousands of people were displaced and were temporarily housed at downtown's George R. Brown Convention Center and also at NRG Center, located at the NRG Stadium in the south part of the city.   

Lone Star Bee Company was very lucky.  We suffered no losses.  But, we watched our fellow Houstonians on television who were in need and we joined H-E-B Grocery to help. 

H-E-B has three mobile kitchens that are constructed inside tractor-trailers.  Each trailer is a full kitchen.  As they traveled from one location to another to render aid, several tractor-trailers followed along with food and supplies.  H-E-B came to NRG Center on August 30th and 31st.  We helped H-E-B distribute breakfast and lunch to hundreds of people who had been sheltered at NRG for days.  Scott McClelland, president of H-E-B, was there to help, as was U. S. Senator for Texas, Ted Cruz. Both gentlemen were great listeners as the victims of the hurricane told their heartbreaking stories of how they ended up at the shelter.

We are hoping for a very speedy recovery for Houston, and for the many fine Houstonians who were completely overwhelmed by this catastrophe.  #HoustonStrong