Flooded

Hurricane Harvey has deeply wounded our home state. We watch the news, see the pictures, read the articles, and still cannot comprehend the enormity of the tragedy. 

"Do not attempt to escape floodwaters by going into your attic unless you have an axe to break through the roof."

"Alligators and fire ants in the floodwaters." 

Photos of highway signs hovering barely a foot over the water, with the highway itself many feet underwater. Elderly people being rescued from their homes by newscasters. Big rig drivers pulled from their flooding cabs. Strings of tweets pleading for help because 911 is overloaded and cannot be reached. Horrific.

And yet, we cannot fully despair -- for there are heroes among us, and in such dark times, we can still see the good of humanity.  

Bless them. Amen.

Photograph credit: David J. Phillip/AP

Found here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2017/aug/27/flooding-houston-hurricane-harvey-in-pictures