Houston, Before and After Harvey

Video from Houston before and after Harvey shows devastating flooding, with water concealing some of the surrounding area and deluging highways.
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As Hurricane Harvey hit coastal Texas it turned into a Tropical Storm. What forecasters didn't foresee was the amount of rainfall it would dump onto Houston and the ensuing flooding.
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Houston, Before and After Harvey
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[@guillermomartinez6022]

You wanna cry looking at this. If you are Houstonian then you really feel the pain. The storm won't leave Houston until Thursday or Friday from what I've seen in the news.

[@Dim.g0v]

Guillermo Martinez I'm in Houston and I don't feel any pain

[@skenney8325]

It is horrible. My entire neighborhood (I am the first street - half okay, my half) is under water. This just happened last year. EVERYTHING they owned on the streets. War zone. This will be magnified 1,000,000 times. I'm sure I will have house guests.

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

+Guillermo Martinez Sorry.....I actually don't want to cry. My sympathy well has run dry for all of these disaster areas. Can't quite figure out why hurricane and flood zones....tornado alley....earthquake zones.....why are these the same places full of all the hate and unrest?

[@skenney8325]

Who Pooped In The Pudding? Actually, we're pulling together....a sign maybe. 🤔

[@pamamalou]

Guillermo Martinez

[@slangshotz2022]

Houston is one of the biggest cities and a lot of it just got tooken out. It's sad how many people are gonna have to restart or try to get back on track with their lives after losing literally everything they own. Man if you live in Houston I hope you guys are all safe, it's bad out here.

[@ThatCewlGuy]

*taken

[@davemundie9653]

We must ALL PRAY for the Houston area. God Almighty be with them and comfort them.

[@thelawisfortherichtruth6520]

@Slang Shotz. I like your comment but "tooken out" taken out.

[@thelegend5358]

4th largest city in america

[@shellycruz326]

It was just as bad in Pasadena which isn't far from Houston and I'm from there we lost everything all of our stuff that can't be replaced and special momentums you will never get back or be able to replace. We lost our apt, one cat, it's devastating. Of course alot of help from FEMA but no money in the world can get you what you lost back or your fear of it happening again and again. #HOUSTONSTRONG

[@CreezyCreations]

That's just terrible. But it's a very well made video too, I didn't realize it was that bad

[@xWeAllDie]

Mook Wolf they don't really show much of the damage on the news (here at least) and if they do you can't really compare it to anything because you've never seen it before so I felt the same way. I knew it was bad, just not that there was such a huge amount of water in some places like that freeway

[@jessietijerina2121]

Are you kidding me? It was SO much worse than this video. They didn't show the families on rooftops waiting to be rescued.

[@livcarmen1893]

It sucked

[@aaliyahandkarsynchannel9235]

Bro I had one and one of my baby almost got hurt

[@TVWEEVIE]

Yes I live there and drive those roads all week. It was horrible..video doesn’t justify it. My brother in law, myself, and a few friends took jet skis out to help...I was literally pulling people from their houses...roofs..2nd story floors..I would bump in to things under water and realize it was a truck or street sign.. it was crazy. Worst I’ve ever seen it in Houston.

[@PuzzlePicture]

Excellent comparison, thank you.

[@joyjoyoo]

Dang.

[@dl7nicks1]

SHULZAM!!!!

[@sahilhassan8538]

joyjoyoo Hurricane Irma will be a million times worse.

[@user-ye2nh4wi2u]

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[@hussainbharmal7243]

Really sad to see that. My prayers for people of Houston. Also I wonder how can people still leave racist comment on a natural calamity like this..

[@Dim.g0v]

Hussain Bharmal I wonder how people can still offer prayer as a form of valid aid in times of need.

[@hussainbharmal7243]

Dimitri Wega I agree only prayers won't help but that's what I can do sitting thousands of miles away and also I believe at least people who believe in God understand the power of prayer. I hope you are helping them with aid you said about..

[@spectre5307]

You're a good person

[@hussainbharmal7243]

allispirithunter thanks..

[@guillermomartinez6022]

Dimitri Wega It gives hope to people man.

[@chialor1945]

Hurricane Laura is coming in and I'm dipping outta here.

[@mrgreasegun]

Be strong, Houston!

[@skenney8325]

I don't think people realize just BIG things REALLY are in Texas. This water is over, what we call, the spaghetti bowls. That is 100 feet up sometime. I am one street from going under . . . prayers. :/

[@davidlevy4563]

SKennedy My Prayers from The Bronx.

[@zachmondial2172]

Gotta love religious people

[@furyc4144]

Zach Mondial Ew

[@Brand-pn5yz]

And they think thats good. Because really big can be really bad too!

[@cameronh3260]

"Everything is bigger in Texas"

[@eganplaysMC]

cameron harper Except their penises.

[@cameronh3260]

itsThatTime That offends me you nazi

[@JelandoJohnson]

Houston Strong!! That was the slogan to get the city back on its feet. We’ve been through these disasters many times but we always come back stronger.

[@raymondperkins2955]

I really feel horrible seeing my city like this

[@MariaMartinez-we3ip]

Raymond Perkins same

[@fwtexas2392]

Same

[@alionthatbeat]

Raymond Perkins England?

[@7GRenaissance]

Same

[@tialapioneer7604]

For some reason, I kind of don't.

[@lilymurphy9366]

3 years later still remembering about that day🥲😖

[@babygoat5221]

On a positive note, we got to miss a week of school lol. I know some schools flooded out, but hopefully we can get back to school soon... Aside from that, the flood has gone down a bit in some areas like mine. My family was able to come back to Houston after evacuating. Blessed to only have minor damages to our home. We'll probably have to replace the flooring and some parts of the ceilings and walls. Hopefully everyone recovers and stays safe. I wish the best for the ones who's homes were destroyed. 🙏🏽 Make sure to help and donate to Houston, every dollars counts. Even my family donated...

[@chichitrain7528]

Baby Goat really I had 2 weeks and 6 days

[@waifukali9276]

We missed 2 months, I know this is really old but everyone’s locker was flooded, when we opened them, everything was covered in storm water and we had to get everything new because our school flooded hard.

[@jamesjones-bd8lf]

I had 2 weeks. School inwqs working at got some flood damage.

[@USMC-Goforth]

It was the year after I graduated and I had a 1 night stand that turned into a week long relationship ship because of Harvey lol

[@Jeff-qo3tp]

I'm in Houston but I'm ok✌️

[@MariaMartinez-we3ip]

Same, we are ok near Spring area

[@lucylerma8211]

@@MariaMartinez-we3ip Yup, my neighborhood was too, but we did became an island for a short period of time.

[@neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326]

Maria Martinez same

[@neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326]

Lucy Lerma near Birnham Woods?

[@lucylerma8211]

@@neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326 Yup, number 3

[@Cj3rdcoast]

Proud HOUSTONIAN!!! We take care of our own

[@buckskinstallion77]

But don't be too proud to accept a helping hand. That's what neighbors are for. Hope you guys can bounce back from this quickly

[@beyourself9890]

Except when the whole city is done for.... don't be ignorant. It will take everyone to help Houston rebuild and we all want to see that happen.

[@Cj3rdcoast]

Bunny Groupie I'm not in protest of the assistance, I'm simply stating that we're not waiting on it.

[@enkisefa8324]

Trafik is uuugyyyyuuuuuauuiwCj Johnson tgfdrfjjgg and drrr

[@methii9770]

Enki Sefa tf

[@Therealadam520]

I’m from Houston and we wasn’t prepared for it

[@angeII]

still crazy to watch after almost 5 years

[@chriscraft77022]

better than the actual news coverage...

[@MonumentToSin]

Harvey was so devastating because it didn't MOVE. Usually, hurricanes make landfall and peter out as they blow inland. But when Harvey hit, there was a pressure system in central Texas that prevented the hurricane from moving inland. So northern winds were pushing down, but the Gulf winds were blowing the storm up, and like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, Harvey's momentum prevented it from blowing in any other direction. This Category 4 storm literally *parked* on top of a major city for nearly a week! Moreover, part of the storm remained over the ocean, so as it swirled, it continued to pick up water, which is why it didn't lose steam after initial landfall and continued to dump copious amounts of rain. It was such a freakish coincidence of weather that most meteorologists had never seen anything like it before, and likely will never see one like it again.

[@abbyo7576]

No words. Lets just all have a moment for Houston....

[@nottawa86]

Mattress Firm gets to have its own private boardwalk, lucky them!

[@manlymustache6651]

Nature always wins

[@Dnzel-nm5qq]

This is so sad Houston will never be the same 😓

[@TheTEXASEJ10]

Mother Nature will always win

[@skyexit4012]

Reminds me of "Katrina". This is heart breaking.

[@mothercelestial4882]

Unbelievable how much has changed

[@jennifergranados7178]

All My h-town ppl I hope you doing okay this is heart breaking to see how places u know end up like after the flood. #prayforhouston 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@zachmondial2172]

lifestyleofjg can't believe people still think prayer is a valid form of aid

[@seathegold6291]

Shoutout too my city I love you Houston

[@paulaannstewartTHANKFUL2024]

thanks for this - now I understand the extent of the devastaton. I'm in Canada.

[@Dim.g0v]

Ann Stewart It's not was widespread as you think and I've been here the whole time.

[@mekhig.9350]

@@Dim.g0v yeah mainly the inner city was affected.

[@Dim.g0v]

@@mekhig.9350 Mhm also generally over developed and impoverished areas

[@Jason-pg3uj]

This is sad to see this happen to all people's lives.

[@simonArmenia1]

It's both sad and beautiful.

[@momopakovids7357]

I hope everyone is ok in Houston

[@LaggyMcstutters]

On the three year anniversary laura is on her way.

[@Spladoinkal]

:O I've lived in South FL all my life. I grew up around hurricanes. I've never seen ANYTHING like that!

[@billyvillarreal932]

My ohh my thoughts and prayers with yall fellow Texans

[@D805YUNGBOSS]

🙏🏾Prayers for the ppl of Houston

[@pelinider8201]

it's so sad but good video

[@hoshi-karuko45]

as a houstonian, Harvey was extremely devastating, right now in 2024, I remember seeing my mobile home under all the rain water..

[@francisleo5872]

Thanks! At least get clearer pictures now! Only after compared then able to tell how serious and badly damaged actually!

[@KhorBaPeaceComesFromWithin]

This really hits home, literally.

[@TaraGriffith97]

That's really deep water in some spots. I live up the road from a river that goes through my whole town. It does flood our schools baseball fields sometimes and one year I remember it crested at 23 feet and flooded our township building and 50 homes. I can't even imagine if it was 55 feet crest like Houstons rivers. Our whole town would be under water and that breaks my heart. Houston is a big city made up of smaller towns like mine and so many are now gone. I'm trying to put myself in their shoes with this but I can't even imagine. I don't care what you believe in. Pray to it, send positive vibes to it, worship to it for Houston. And not just Houston. The whole area that was affected. Everyone's focusing on this flood but it flooded and winds destroyed other parts of the state and other states. I'm not even sure what I meant to get out with this comment and I wish I could do more than donate. God (or whatever you believe in) help these people

[@mirclips4534]

The people here are great I live in Katy where it didn't get flooded but when we drove to Houston two days after the flooding stopped most the water receded some water was 16 feet high and has lowered to 3 ft so efforts are being made

[@bryanmasis1595]

My house flooded and we had to swim out......but recovery was super quick....I'm proud to be a houstonian

[@eviljesus6111]

Moore strong Houston strong

[@methii9770]

I was born and raised in Houston but I moved to Mississippi a year ago

[@liiam3853]

I like how every single time when places get hit by hurricanes and they always and they get really bad flooded. They always survive.

[@abrahamvelazquez77]

God Bless you Texas I'll be praying for you and your family Texas

[@Silintype77]

Thank you for posting this. I have met so many people that thought this was fake. I almost lost my life with this storm. Thank you for the comparison

[@danielbaetens1587]

That's what 30 inches of rain looks like

[@cire2332]

At least there's no rush hour traffic

[@wegotgame217]

Leslom wow

[@r.why.a.n5212]

No there is, it's just in boats- and to save peoples lives!

[@MariaMartinez-we3ip]

Especially since they closed chunks of major freeways 😊

[@happity]

There's not even a rush hour now.

[@ecierra82]

Your not allowed to be driving , youll be arrested :P cop said

[@justsayin4408]

Sad but Extremely well done

[@leofromthe9159]

This Ps4 graphics vs x box graphics review was great👍

[@Rascal77s]

Man that is crazy. The whole country needs to step up. If you're not close enough to go and help or to offer shelter to a displaced family you can still donate to the red cross. Every bit helps.

[@zachmondial2172]

Rascal77s they chose to live at sea level 8n an area with hurricanes nobody else's fault.

[@PrimeGaming479]

Rascal77s dont donate to red cross they use the money donated for their own personal preferences

[@Brand-pn5yz]

​@@PrimeGaming479and what make you think that?

[@pershingtoast6416]

Im looking back on this in 2020 and i wanna start crying when i see breaswood.I remember going though that.

[@BBXFX]

Sad reality but... Wow, I am so impressed with this video side-by-side. I am so happy to see quality once in awhile.

[@TerraFlareKSFL]

Wow...just...wow... That's a HUGE difference. I hope everyone is safe and hope the water drains fast.

[@ussiowa5381]

Wow this is horrible I am so sorry for the people of Houston, Texas and I hope they stay safe and God Bless

[@JLP18star]

It's so crazy to me to see the places I've drove through in a town i was born, raised, and currently living in seen this way. My neighbor is fine but I have no way to get to anyone without flooding my car. I'm Basically Basically Trapped where I live. I believe well make it. We're strong people.

[@919284]

Wow that's amazing to watch side by side, unreal!!

[@ColeAviation]

Great job putting this together!! It is so sad that so many people lost EVERYTHING they own. 😢

[@felonyspunelli]

How did you do this? Do you take some footage at various exact locations every year just in case? Either way i am grateful. Thank you.

[@jodiecoorsh4345]

houston was my home. when hurricane Harvey flooding Houston. i lost everything.

[@LibertyLensOfficial]

great work!

[@mysecretdiary3321]

I live in Turkey, Istanbul. And its same. I'm praying for people of Houtson

[@shrektacular3878]

Houston, we have a problem.

[@AboxoroxRoxursox]

Most of Houston is a flood plain, I used to live out there. It always is wet and mini floods when ever it rains. This storm is terrible best wishes and will try to donate to those affected.

[@suns_out_7610]

That's so cool, you could fish literally anywhere. They're so blessed

[@JuanReyes-yu1zc]

Jaden Cross but we don't have fish

[@robertpaulson7149]

Yeah you might catch a shoe if you're lucky other than that I think people would be more worried about getting to higher ground.

[@RockHanger]

Excellent work! Sad situation.

[@linda409]

A friend of mine is in houston right now i hope my friend is okay

[@miriammaldonado7848]

My heart was constricted unbelievable scenery lots of people forced to leave, for what ever reason, more unnecessary manpower work forces. Putting their lives in such dangerous situations...once you were warned please take the most important belongs with you, and don't loom back! May the force of God be with Houstonians, visitors, or just passing by.

[@carlosdyer5868]

Very good job with this video, it's a very authentic comparison.

[@johnpaulson3398]

for my birthday, i got the lovely gift of being woken up at 4 am because one of the tornadoes that harvey was spawning west of the city almost hit my house. luckily no flooding though!

[@bankskids]

I was a mailman in the community bordering the Whiteoak Bayou (zip 77009) from the first shot. Most of the houses bordering it were on hills, so hopefully that provided a barrier for the community behind the hill.

[@navarro8761]

Great video, it captures the devastation accurately

[@zs5161]

Unbelievable! Hope everything get back to normal ASAP

[@JoseGarcia-ww1bn]

Wow i still love texas

[@DomoniqueMusiclover]

....no words...

[@joedellinger9437]

The amazing thing is how well everyone behaved, on the whole. Neighborhoods formed militias to stop people from outside the city coming in and looting. People with boats worked tirelessly rescuing people. As the waterline receded neighbors worked tirelessly muck out each other’s homes. It made you see how good people were. The city should be proud that when tested, its citizens pulled together.

[@evilnewt]

Thank you so much for this!!!!!!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@carlosbonilla1208]

My apartment complex didn't get that much water because the land was high 😂

[@lokiisawesome2087]

Plz pray for Houston

[@rafaelmartinez5026]

And I thought Houston couldn't get any worse.

[@red88alert]

I am a California native living in Houston. I'm from LA but living in H-Town.

[@kuudafuuba5982]

Tough year for Water Parks down there.

[@volcommadness]

Man we lucked out in Katy but still got a lot of rain, but not nearly as much as the inner city. Crazy

[@julial3758]

Meanwhile on the west coast.. big heat wave. Dying here.. and very dry. NO wind, no water, no air.

[@braddersdixon1343]

I hope everyone gets help and what they need to help survive after this tragedy 😭🙏🏻❤️

[@getsome4363]

Mother nature her power...thanks for the video comparison

[@BarukHabaBShemYahuah]

I cant even imagine

[@oofoof12814]

I live near Houston. Lucky for me, I only got a little bit of water in my sunroom, but my Sea Scout friends were not as lucky.

[@seankreutzer8651]

I hope everyone is ok

[@redpenink12]

incredible

[@Jmoneyy365]

Dam and I was thinking about moving to Houston

[@TheSunnysunny2]

Where is houston now

[@liz-ve6xr]

I live on Greens Bayou and we was under water my home is by the bridge the first night that Harvey was making land fall it's something I'll never forget all the animals screaming and crying it's something that no horror movie could ever copy. I was in chest high water trying to save as many as I could..I lost my husband and everything to Harvey...

[@Immahsurvivor]

I ask that God be with my family and friends in Texas . This is too much.

[@betaomega04]

97% of Houston retained power during Harving. That alone was a freakin miracle. It also didn't hurt that the Astros won the World Series!

[@MrHalo426]

So I live in Tomball which is like maybe an hour away from Houston and our street in my neighborhood is flooded to like almost my front door

[@carternll]

My grandma lives there. I hope for all of you people in Harvey or Irma will survive.

[@professionalcommenter]

No not Ross!! It's my favorite Store!!!