After Hurricane Harvey’s biblical-proportion rains, thousands of Texas Gulf residents, facing flooding that swallowed entire residential communities, were rescued by local first responders, including police and fire departments. First responders were overwhelmed by the scale of the flooding. Over 2,000 rescues were done by private boat-owners, who fished and hunted on rivers and bayous that transverse the Texas Gulf […]
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