This is a small documentary made to show events of Hurricane Harvey and this all time historic flood of 2017 San Jacinto River. Harvey had a huge impact on Houston, but really had a major impact on the Kingwood / Humble area.
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@angelawagner3181 Жыл бұрын
This video doesn't communicate that the back of Kingwood, where the most severe flooding occurred, was largely spared after Harvey itself. The San Jacinto River Authority released water from the dam in Conroe without telling anyone who lived downstream. Our home was spared, but our neighbors who didn't flood during the storm received 10 feet of water in their homes. We knew people who barely escaped with the belongings they could carry before their home was completely engulfed and carried away by the flood. They lost everything, and they lived more than a mile from the river, where flooding should have been minimal. Some of the damage was storm-related, and some was negligence. According to a report from 2019, Lake Conroe had already peaked and could have risen another 3 feet before the river authority needed to release water for safety reasons. The scuttlebutt was that prominent people who had vacation homes on Lake Conroe (Did you know that Dan Patrick has a house there?) didn't want to risk the possibility of minor flooding.
@kathleendeshazer51576 жыл бұрын
I live here in Kingwood and I experienced all of this. I pray Houston & surrounding area doesn't get hit again this year. We've lost so much just can't do it again!!!!
@celeste95496 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@muiscnight5 жыл бұрын
It’s going to keep happening that’s why I’m moving back to Dallas
@cocospaniel10405 жыл бұрын
exactly! we lost so much :(
@andrewoidx16585 жыл бұрын
deerbrook mall is near you and that’s the mall I got to all the time!
@relaxdrinkeatandlaughwithc52745 жыл бұрын
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@paulMFbee6 жыл бұрын
This is overwhelming to watch.. at 4:28 that was my home, or what was left of what’s standing next to the red truck. That’s forest cove townhomes where I looked around and see remnants from my life and toys that my daughters squeezed tight at night. I can only thank God for pushing me to move my family the night before and putting so much pressure on my heart to let me know that this was not a safe place to stay.
@celeste95496 жыл бұрын
Omg... I know that area. I live there. (I'm only 13) I remember whenever it stopped raining, my dad took my family and drove to the bridge on top of the San Jacinto river. Everything was covered by water, it was so high that some of the tallest signs were close to being fully covered. In the thumbnail, that's the area where we go out to eat a lot. One of the restaurants, Joe's Crab Shack, never opened back up from the flood. It took almost a year for everything to be opened back up there. And even so, people today are still trying to rebuild. In school, hearing the phrase "Did you get flooded?" Is normal. Luckily, I was one of the few families who didn't.
@rosenap92653 жыл бұрын
my school and whole neighborhood got foooded for that hurricane
@agerena32 жыл бұрын
I live in kingwood too! I lived in Houston during the hurricane hit. I remember driving in a truck, and it was like driving through a river! This was just a horrible event. I don’t think I will ever forget about hurricane Harvey.
@ProRealEstatePhotos Жыл бұрын
yeah that was horrible experience luckily no major flooding since
@eveline43606 жыл бұрын
It has been almost a year & I still remember this.
@1vywhy6 жыл бұрын
I live in Kingwood. Thankfully, my neighborhood didn’t flood. But when it stopped raining, my family drove through everything and saw the damage, and I wanted to cry. Edit: Also, I know this is a serious video, but that target in the background (3:16) is now like the best target in the world 😂. BESIDES! This shows how much my town went through, and I appreciate it
@rosenap92653 жыл бұрын
i remember i couldnt see my feet in my house. alott of water
@martysrandomstuff47713 жыл бұрын
So much water luckily we were on the 2nd story but man
@saladtx69282 жыл бұрын
Lived in kingwood my entire life never flooded like this im 35 now. It is because of all the new homes being built. And the home constructor's not running sewers or drainage properly. I understand growth is a good thing but look what it is
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
@@rosenap9265 I saw it go over my house, I watched it on the news from a news helicopter broadcast in 94.
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
@@saladtx6928 No, it's because of the Lake Conroe dam...they release it upstream and it comes down the rivers and creeks to here....ALL of it. You can't drain a swamp...and Lake Houston used to be, a swamp.
@dyl76153 жыл бұрын
Just thinking about this 3 years later. Hoping Louisiana is going to be okay during Ida. Never want to see this again.
@rcthomas69256 жыл бұрын
Costco in Humble just reopened. The water flooded over the roof of the building.
@sandragrimes56732 жыл бұрын
I feel so sorry for those people who’s houses got flooded. I can’t imagine going through something like that. God bless them. I pray that they can rebuild and never have to go through this again.
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
The developers and builders should be required to build 6 feet higher on either man made hills or stilts in this area, since nobody cares about topology or surveys. It's a river basin...and it will happen again, and it will come from the Lake Conroe Dam. Watch.
@TeutonicTribe Жыл бұрын
@@KB-ke3fiAbsolutely. It doesn’t even take a bona fide hurricane now; just a long heavy rainstorm will inundate all roads & these ground level houses. If the ground can’t be raised, then for crying out loud, raise up area homes!
@Will_b835 жыл бұрын
And he isn't kidding, we had 3ft of water in our home, and rescue was like... seriously, wasn't till it finally got to about 8 feet that they dispatched a crew to pull us of our roof, the problem was that while our home only had about 3ft of water when this started getting bad, our driveway was so much lower than our home, both vehicles were already flooded completely, but I've got to say, these men and women were absolutely amazing.
@prettyboy19702 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen so much rain in my life, and I’ve been in Houston for over 50 years. I was 47 in 2017 during Harvey. Days upon days of nonstop heavy rain. Luckily for me, me immediate area wasn’t flooded, but just about all surrounding areas were. I’m just glad it wasn’t an electrical storm and we didn’t lose power.
@judsonkr7 жыл бұрын
Very nice thank you. Sort of hard to watch as my home was in that flooded forest. I could go on for another 10,000 or so characters about how wonderful people were. I had dozens of strangers, all from the local churches, helping me demo my walls, tear up my floors and haul out furniture, appliances and debris. Every day people were bringing us food, water & cleaning supplies. People from as far away as Louisiana drove over with those cooking trailers and made thousands of pounds of food right there in the old HEB parking lot and just giving it away to people who walked up. No one sat on the curb crying and waiting for the government to come help them. We all just got bust and did what needed to be done. These were all just people there to help mainly organised by the localchurches. No government was there and all the Red Cross did was come by and ask how deep the water got in the area. I would also like to say that the FEMA process worked flawlessly for me. I was very, very impressed. The thing is, you have to be proactive. You can't wait for them to do it all for you. While this situation really devestated me and my family, I did get to see the good side of humanity. To all of those who helped me, THANK YOU!
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
I hope you sold your house after you fixed it up.
@judsonkr Жыл бұрын
@@KB-ke3fi um no. Still living in it.
@hiya4691 Жыл бұрын
The sound of the fan boats give me anxiety. Nightmare of a time.
@hoshi-karuko45Ай бұрын
Harvey was a devastating hurricane, i got very hurt by a tree branch, i will never be able to forget Harvey, and i will never forget the day i saw my whole home under water. we were in my cousins house that is two story, my cousins house was right next to mines.
@legsmadej6 жыл бұрын
I live in Huffman and I couldn't leave my apartment because Harvey had flooded both ends of where I was. It flooded the competition gym at my school and flooded the restaurant not even a block away from where I was. It was traumatizing to see the neighborhood down the street because all the cars were lined up on the tiny hills alongside the road, the houses were being emptied and all you could see were just gallons and gallons of water rushing through the doors and windows. It took people months to get their house fixed. To this day, people are still trying to get their house together. It's completely ridiculous and yet traumatizing at the same time.
@qadirkhalif52145 жыл бұрын
Just moved to Houston June 27 and 2 Months later... this happened... Texas Strong...
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
what's your point?
@Jack0trades6 жыл бұрын
Our home in Kingwood got flooded with 4 1/2 feet of water during Harvey. I was amazed at the rapid response of neighbors in getting effective help to those of us who were flooded out. It was a powerful reminder to me that the ideological and political differences that separate us can evaporate in the face of obvious need from neighbors. I will be forever grateful to those selfless people who came with tools, water, food, and strong backs to sweat and bleed with us in those first days. I wish we were as good at seeing the needs of people whose everyday lives are filled with the same kind of hopelessness and desperation. I can't recommend it as a way to meet people, but you meet some of the best people in times like that.
@eatmyags6 жыл бұрын
Nice video man, I live 10 mins down 1960 by the lake while we were fortunate enough not to flood I had to get out there and help too, this is why I love where I live.
@ChristEnlightenment5 жыл бұрын
Same
@daphneglover30497 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing....I continue to pray and donate!
@brenda.lizeth5 жыл бұрын
I lived less than 15 minutes away from Addicks Reservoir, it was horrible watching the news while they needed boats to get those people out of their homes... Once Clay Rd opened, i saw the aftermath. The way the air smelled afterwards was saddening, seeing the belongings of people out on the side was heartbreaking. Not because materialistic things matter, but because they had to go through that! Also, going through Clay Rd the very first time it opened, I saw a red car stranded, with the trunk wide opened, I can't imagine what they went through!!
@clouddrizzle6 жыл бұрын
I live in Kingwood omg, the damage was so bad in Humble, I couldn’t believe it flooded up to the Hobby Lobby.
@johnmatrix95205 жыл бұрын
I'm planning to move to Humble but it seems like it's a flooding area. Does that happen very often? Is it worth it to live in Humble or Kingwood?
@tiffanyojiako38994 жыл бұрын
@@johnmatrix9520 bruh sameee. I wanna know bc humble seems like a nice place to live except the flooding
@prophetessladonna3 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyojiako3899 go to fema.gov look for flood area maps, type in your address and you will be able to see the most areas that flood.
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
@@johnmatrix9520 Only when the San Jacinto River Authority orders opening the dam at Lake Conroe upstream. If it hits 108 feet there, get ready to leave the entire area.
@diw.8242 жыл бұрын
Hurricane Harvey didn't flood my parents house at the time but I couldn't drive any further than 3 miles away from my parents house it was really bad
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
...and to this day, nothing at the lake Conroe dam 20 miles northwest of Kingwood has changed in it's operations for the San Jacinto river purge. My house in Kingwood was under 18 feet of water in the 1994 release for 2 days and there was no warning, and it came overnight. We had less than an hour to swim out. 450 homes and businesses were submerged...and nothing came of it after years of denial and bickering from the San Jacinto River Authority and it's still that way today. I had flood insurance because we were told it was a flood "plain" in our contracts and it would get maybe a foot in a worse case. Found out it was a floodway and the homes weren't even supposed to be built there. Everyone lost everything and went away after years in court in favor of the builders and the city of Houstin who own the river rights. That's why the annexation of Kingwood was delayed until 1996...let the county take care of the mess, then come in and tax them 5 times more for less services and now subpar in every category. We tried to warn people. I tried to warn everyone it would happen again....nobody listened. It will happen again, and it will be worse. Most of the rain fell in the upper watersheds. Spring creek, cypress creek and many other watersheds flow into the West Fork of the San Jacinto and ALL converge right at the highway 59 bridge between Kingwood and Humble...as you can see in the video. Nothing is different except the fact there are 4 times as many people and 200,000 more homes and businesses that will get hit again in the future. And this time...the city will be involved in lawsuits alone, and maybe the dozens of sand mines that go all the way up the river...the ones that clear cut the forests and dump the fine sand silt into the river and fill it up....to a water level of just a few feet. It's not a river...it's a beach.
@pswizz95106 жыл бұрын
I still get scared whenever it rains hard. Harvey was certainly a hard time.
@sabriapatterson27626 жыл бұрын
Being in it still seems unreal to this day. I'll never get back what i lost.
@crishernandez93225 жыл бұрын
Bri Bri u from Houston?
@larryjones25307 жыл бұрын
Mike, great job on producing this video.
@relaxdrinkeatandlaughwithc52745 жыл бұрын
This year was the worst flood ever worse than hurricane Allison we had I forgot how many years ago anyway subscribe to my channel especially if you live in Kingwood
@markRTFGuns7 жыл бұрын
Awesome footage and an awful situation. Thank you for sharing this. Keep everyone safe brother.
@dgwinc7 жыл бұрын
This is a well made video, and hard to watch. I've driven through or shopped at most places shown in this video. I made a good decision about 2 years ago to buy a house in Newport rather than waterfront on LH.
@manuelgchapajr44726 жыл бұрын
The coastal bend got hit hard! It’s been tuff but we have pulled together as a community as TEXANS!!! It’s not perfect and we have a very long way to go. PR you local government has let you down!
@Edangel14-4213 жыл бұрын
We lost our home too. I still get scared when it starts storming hard.
@diw.8243 жыл бұрын
Hurricane Harvey didn't flood my street like it did during tax day back in 2016 and my lights weren't off for a whole month like it did during Hurricane IKE back in 2008 but I couldn't go any further than 10 miles away from my house because it was still flooding right off the highway and surrounding neighborhoods
@Backyardmech16 жыл бұрын
The river level gauge on the highway 59 bridge quit around 69.8 feet reporting. I believe it went higher. According to the Harris County flood warning system website. Hamblen road was a disaster area. My area wasn’t in any known floodplain, but got 8 inches in my place. Others in my area got as much as 14.
@lol-fe7kf6 жыл бұрын
Backyardmech1 is your area forest cove?
@Backyardmech16 жыл бұрын
No. Porter area
@paulMFbee6 жыл бұрын
Yes Hamblen road received well over that. My home was right off of Hamblen closer towards SJ river and water got to my second floor passed the door knobs.
@PQPLAYER926 жыл бұрын
Still makes me cry every time I here Harvey. I and so many people lost so many things.
@PQPLAYER926 жыл бұрын
Lady I lived it don't have to try and correct me. 😑
@brenda.lizeth5 жыл бұрын
First of all it's HEAR... Second of all, materialistic shit CAN be replaced, people can't be. Yes, it's something hard to go through, but knowing everyone you love is safe, everything else doesn't matter... And yes, I went through Harvey as well, so don't give me your bullshit
@JimmyWilksRealtor7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video to reflect on. Thank you for sharing!
@rafaelhenriquez96566 жыл бұрын
I remember going out for food and water cuz we were almost out, just to find out that most stores were closed, and those that weren't, didn't have enough for everyone...
@jacoscofield51502 жыл бұрын
I live in forest cove near hamblen road I will never forget those days
@ArgueWithATree187 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video! Great footage.
@Deunte256 жыл бұрын
I really couldn't believe it but we was in that area. But didn't get flooded beltway 8 69... Last year was crazy
@masterplur47theprophet836 жыл бұрын
Haaaa I still live here!! Took a lot of work to get it up and running
@johnmatrix95205 жыл бұрын
I'm planning to move to Humble but it seems like it's a flooding area. Does that happen very often? Is it worth it to live in Humble or Kingwood?
@samueloulfaa88002 жыл бұрын
Place gets flooded... Proceeds to rebuild everything at same height 😭
@MaggyShannon7 жыл бұрын
Both fascinating and terrifying. Looking at the view of the intersection of Kingwood Drive and Woodland Hills Drive--until last year, my mother lived on Rolling Meadows Drive just a few streets over--I wonder if her house flooded?
@burgerguts93796 жыл бұрын
scary knowing that my tiny town is well-known now thanks to this hurricane
@johndoe-wd9fh5 жыл бұрын
I know dude I live in New caney.
@dogebrothers3137 Жыл бұрын
i remember seeing all of the cars, houses, that Uhaul place, all got destroyed in there the was also a food place that got flooded 8 times by Harveys rainfall
@ElainiaMania6 жыл бұрын
A year later and we still got people who have trash from tearin up their houses lined up on the side of the road
@dogebrothers3137 Жыл бұрын
also the thunder storm that is happening in kingwood right now is exactly like hurricane Harvey
@starkparker165 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this nice video
@CertifiedAmen6 жыл бұрын
Yo its crazy cause i drive through that highway everyday and i live in kings manor....literally less than 4 miles from there
@darkviper28946 жыл бұрын
damn small world
@meeshgardner832 жыл бұрын
Why is the music so loud?
@debbie47105 жыл бұрын
For your information there was subdivision next to Deerbrook Mall that was devastated with water. Kingwood wasn't the only one I think 2 streets in North Shire didn't flood
@relaxdrinkeatandlaughwithc52745 жыл бұрын
This makes me want to cry Sugar Land Texas got it bad to Millwood in Riverstone every home was affected in that particular section I never recovered from it subscribe to my channel
@fvckyourcharade8945 жыл бұрын
A lot of places were Devastated. I don't think the video implied that this area was the only area.
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
most people know...
@SkynDoughgirl5 жыл бұрын
Omg!!! So sad. I hope everyone has over come or at least have tried to over come from their loses. May you recover from the heartache and pain you suffered from!
@joshua__oshua23715 жыл бұрын
Lol I thought the hurricane was called Harvey kingwood.i thought how very formal.giving last names to hurricanes.
@michellemichon5 жыл бұрын
Now we're fighting the Herons Marina in Kingwood. That was bad back in 2017, but this new development will only make things more of a nightmare.
@ProRealEstatePhotos5 жыл бұрын
I can’t see something a marina like that working with the kind of flooding we get on a regular basis.
@gmh1013585 жыл бұрын
I lived at fry dr and north of 529 in cypress and our st did not get any high water.....the tax day flood was the only time i saw water cover the street once. Ive moved back home to Tempe AZ ...never again do i want to see rain like that! and here in AZ we are lucky to get rain every 5 months.....
@kimberlyguillen73242 жыл бұрын
I didn't remember the other 3 floods here in Houston. Crazy for sure.
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
Glad you didn't have to go through the 1994 flood.
@kimberlyguillen7324 Жыл бұрын
@@KB-ke3fi I probably did just don't remember it though.
@emmaberry32917 жыл бұрын
Hello My Dad lives on the San Jacinto River And his whole house went underwater prays Please That's all we need
@hollysullivan66736 жыл бұрын
King Loui i wouldn’t troll on videos like these. people died. people lost everything they owned. this girl asked for prayers for her dad’s house, which is such a small thing to ask of people- even though prayer holds so much power. I pray that you’ll have a great day❤️
@alexurn28435 жыл бұрын
I live in Kingwood. Thankfully my neighborhood did not flood.
@Norg16 жыл бұрын
what housing area in kingwood got major flooding …???? I know the scenes in this video seems to all just be Northshire and the shopping area on 59
@gregballard43186 жыл бұрын
Norg1 Mainly the back of kingwood And Kings river across the bridge going into humble also kingwood greens
@gregballard43186 жыл бұрын
Norg1 Oh and forest cove that subdivision always flood it’s more in the front but it’s by San jaconto is why
@judsonkr5 жыл бұрын
Forest Cove did not flood. Right across Hamblen from Forest Cove was flooded but that was it. And it was not just the back of Kingwood. Kingwood Lakes flooded. Kingwood Lake Estates flooded. All around Town Center flooded.
@dogebrothers3137 Жыл бұрын
I live in kingwood here my house got flooded by hurricane Harvey
@losfreddy5 жыл бұрын
The flood to end all floods
@marilync18796 жыл бұрын
God bless Texas 💓
@funny-vn6de3 жыл бұрын
The new Sonic adventure 1 remake is looking great!
@philwhipple4557 Жыл бұрын
My old stomping grounds, how horrible.
@TeutonicTribe Жыл бұрын
Your old splashing grounds ☹️
@philwhipple4557 Жыл бұрын
@@TeutonicTribe Before the area became a 3rd world country.
@WhiteOut-4 жыл бұрын
I live inside beltway 8 nothing got flooded here
@kountzegirl85116 жыл бұрын
music goes gud wit this video
@rdc14315 жыл бұрын
Preparation time again folks. Please bring your pets with you🙏 bring a tent and fencing for them if you can, just in case you cannot bring them inside a facility and instead of bringing them to SPCA. (They do get overwhelmed and some pets got lost during Harvey😢). Just a suggestion. If anybody can think of something else please comment.
@themeganrose_6 жыл бұрын
I live in Kingwood!
@crishernandez93225 жыл бұрын
meganTM did yall flood this year?
@GhostMonkey7724 жыл бұрын
Twice once in May another time after Imelda. Imelda was just as bad as harvey.
@texastalk866 жыл бұрын
HOUSTON STRONG
@relaxdrinkeatandlaughwithc52745 жыл бұрын
Let's support one another subscribe to my channel Houston strong H-Town proud
@cyh403110 ай бұрын
I was there and got my own footage
@Celeste_Dragons3 жыл бұрын
My bday is august 22
@thanosmaster-abel5595 жыл бұрын
The music is so frikken unnessacary
@joiamed85446 жыл бұрын
Pronounced "umm-BOWL".
@FromThe3PointLine6 жыл бұрын
Expensive homes that got flooded. You paid how much for your home in kingwood? Just to have it easily flooded? Pfft.
@brandonwagner47193 жыл бұрын
Hi
@tinkerbellblue51425 жыл бұрын
This would have been a great video, without the music
@ProRealEstatePhotos5 жыл бұрын
Just turn down your volume and you’ll be in good shape
@emmameowzers6 жыл бұрын
Kingwood high got flooded and it sucked
@aerosolos5315 жыл бұрын
Surprised they didn't make the indie - contractors buy looters tags.
Amazing video, but it would have been nice to show other major parts of Houston that were flooded way more than kingwood. Which is the surburbs. I have lived in Houston all my life and I stayed in the downtown area. Which was flooded big time.
@hippiebits20716 жыл бұрын
Markedrick Champion The video title implies footage would focus on the Kingwood area...search for "Downtown" if that is what you want to see....geez
@KB-ke3fi Жыл бұрын
thank your leaders for annexing us in 1996 against our will and then not helping us when we begged them....to this day.
@jennethbenjamin31336 жыл бұрын
National, Weather, Irma is worst.
@kaleenawilke24176 жыл бұрын
Jenneth Benjamin harvey is because this is something irma isnt shit