{"id":4313,"date":"2018-08-24T11:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T19:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2018-08-24T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T19:11:25","slug":"hurricane-harvey-many-texans-lives-still-far-from-normal-one-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/hurricane-harvey-many-texans-lives-still-far-from-normal-one-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Harvey: Many Texans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives still far from normal one year later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0    et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light  et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>One year ago today, Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Texas, dumping as much as 51 inches of rain in some parts of the state\u00e2\u20ac\u201da U.S. record for rainfall from a single storm. Harvey caused an estimated $125 billion in damage and at least 68 deaths in Texas, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/\">National Hurricane Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston-based Episcopal Health Foundation, in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, recently released a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalhealth.org\/en\/research\/research-reports\/harvey-anniversary-survey-one-year-after-hurricane-harvey-3-10-affected-texas-gulf-coast-residents-say-their-lives-remain-disrup\/\">survey<\/a> that found that many Texans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives are still far from normal despite the long-term recovery across the region moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a quarter of those surveyed said their financial situation is worse, and one in six reported that their overall quality of life has declined, according to the survey. Even more alarming, four in 10 also said they aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t getting the help they need to recover and rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n<p>In Harris County, 154,000 homes flooded, and only 36 percent had flood insurance, says Jeff Lindner, director of the hydrological operations division and a meteorologist with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcfcd.org\/\">Harris County Flood Control District<\/a>. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A year later, there are nearly 20,000 residences still recovering in different stages of the process because of contactor labor challenges and flood insurance issues.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>If there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a silver lining from the storm, Harris County residents have become well-versed in flood measures to protect their homes when the next natural disaster strikes, explains Lindner.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Residents now know what bayou or water shed they live next to and that water tends to run from West to East,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says.<\/p>\n<p>They also know what happens if flood gates reach critical levels. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In some cases, they know they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to worry until it reaches 58 feet,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Lindner.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_text --><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<video controls><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/JeffLinder.mp4\" \/><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_bg_layout_light  et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>Jeff Lindner, director of the hydrological operations division and a meteorologist with Harris County Flood Control District.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_text -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_column --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_row --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- .et_pb_section --><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/hurricane-harvey-many-texans-lives-still-far-from-normal-one-year-later\/\">Hurricane Harvey: Many Texans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives still far from normal one year later<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/\">Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/hurricane-harvey-many-texans-lives-still-far-from-normal-one-year-later\/\">Hurricane Harvey: Many Texans&rsquo; lives still far from normal one year later<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/\">Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[264,272,275,417,755,871],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}