famous last words: hurricane harvery

Being from Houston, this week was extremely difficult to focus on school. I spent most of my time in class checking up on family and reading FaceBook posts from all of the neighbors with pictures and videos that were heartbreaking.

My family was under mandatory evacuation for three days and went to stay with friends. My older brother's car was completely underwater, but he was okay as he lives on the third floor of his apartment complex. By the grace of God, our house was fine, but the rest of the neighborhood was not in the same condition. I wanted so badly to go home and help, but my parents told me to stay as they are still draining water from areas and evacuation states are constantly changing. 

It breaks my heart to see the damage that has been done to my hometown, but it also made me love my hometown more than ever. The city is coming together to help one another in ways that I have never seen and I think this storm has turned into a blessing in disguise. 

This natural disaster has also made me question many things that I once thought were good. I did not look up additional information, but so many have been posting about the fact that Red Cross is not the place to donate to as the money is not seen again. That saddened me as their primary function is to help those affected by natural disasters. Luckily, other amazing figures have opened up donation pages with the promise of helping. I also have been hearing a lot about a large church run by a man named Joel that I grew up watching. I have mixed feelings about what that man's intentions were as I hear and can understand both sides of people's arguments. I think that everyone is just under so much tress as no one saw this coming due to the fact that the hurricane increased in strength as it drew near. 

Overall, I am just thankful that my family is safe and my city is Houston strong!

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