Another day in Houston brought more water rescues and more people in need.
In neighborhoods off Barker Cypress Road, north of I-10, daylight brought more flooding.
Hundreds of people found themselves trapped in homes and apartments as water continued to rise.
First responders and people with boats and jet skis went one-by-one launching into the water to rescue people trapped. Most only had time to grab a few possessions, their pets and the clothes on their back.
“It sucks, but you have family and everything else just comes and goes,” said one man who walked through waist-deep water to leave his home.
For many, the rain, the water and the emotions are just too much.
“I do not know. I do not know. I honestly do not know,” said one woman on what comes next for her family.
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Guys with pick-up trucks and firefighters from Gainesville showed up to do what they can.
“I know we’re fully capable of doing it and there’s lots of people in trouble so we’re just trying to take care of our neighbors,” said one guy who brought jet skis and a boat from San Antonio.
Gainesville firefighter Zane Ferguson traveled from the Red River to be a part of a swift water rescue team. They’ve been helping people non-stop.
“It’s crazy. You see a little bit of everything,” Ferguson said. “People are in need and that’s why we’re here.”
Greg Culverson is a fishing guide from Waco who traveled to Houston to help.
“I asked myself a question. ‘If I don’t go, who does go?”’
He and others drove late last night to bring several volunteers and boats.
“You gotta choose what side you look at. Do you look at the catastrophe or do you look at the love and compassion that’s trying to help?,” said Culverson.
Those rescued from the high water spent much of the afternoon waiting at a nearby gas station for family members to pick them up or wait for buses to take them to one of the many shelters open across the region.
