HARVEY FACTS
INSURANCE – This is such a given, but Harvey taught all of us that places can flood that aren't in the flood plain. Call now and make sure you have flood insurance and your home insurance covers everything.
GENERATOR – Even a small portable generator can save your refrigerated food. Yes they can get pricey, depending on the model you choose, but they are worth their weight in gold when the lights are out for more than a day.
Harvey caused 125 billion in damage.
2. It affected 13 million people from Texas
through Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
3. Harvey made landfall 6 times in 3 days.
MEDICINE – Make sure all your prescriptions are filled and put together a small medical kit. Add mosquito spray and topical creams for with all the rain comes the insects.
1. According to the National Hurricane Center,
4. At its peak on September 1, 2017, one-third of Houston was underwater. Two feet of rain fell in the first 24 hours.
5. At one point, nearly every stream, bayou and channel in Harris County was at or above its bank
6. Flooding forced 39,000 people out of their homes and into shelters.
7. Harvey damaged 203,000 homes of which 12,700 were destroyed.
8. Federal forces rescued 10,000 people who were trapped in their homes or on flooded highways.
9. A flotilla of private boats rescued an unknown number of additional victims.
10. The Houston Police Department Dive Team
rescued 3,000 people in four days.
11. In the Gulf area, 1 million vehicles were
ruined beyond repair, according to auto data firm, Black Book.
GUTTERS – All it takes is one big
12. Harvey flooded 800 wastewater treatment
rain to know that your gutters need to be replaced, repaired or cleaned out. All that water has to go somewhere and having it dump on your front door isn't where you want it to land. Get your gutters ready now before the storm hits. h
13. Harvey forced 25 percent of oil and gas
facilities and 13 Superfund sites which then spread sewage and toxic chemicals into the flooded areas. production to shut down.
14. Flooding covered Southeast Texas the size
of the state of New Jersey.
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