Hurricane Harvey Causing Catastrophic Flooding In Houston - Be Prepared, It Can Happen On Roosevelt Island

It was a beautiful day today on Roosevelt Island.

But that can change very quickly

Hurricane Harvey is raging in Texas. The news reports today from Houston are mind boggling. Tremendous suffering and amazing acts of bravery and kindness.

The Twitterverse reports:

https://twitter.com/DividendsMGR/status/901805772635561984

https://twitter.com/DividendsMGR/status/901859762643628034

WATCH: People in the Houston area are taking what they can and evacuating as #Harvey flood waters rise. https://t.co/Zn6S4av2eB pic.twitter.com/y72xb08Qr2
— NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas (@NBCNightlyNews) August 27, 2017

This man helping this woman from the floodwaters to her wheelchair is the America I love.

🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/e6YL6mD1mB
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) August 27, 2017

"It broke me into tears": Texas Mom holds her daughter while recounting harrowing escape from #Harvey floods https://t.co/HdpHd8fe4x
— CNN (@CNN) August 27, 2017

https://twitter.com/JMKTV/status/901842756829679616

Joint #FDNY #NYPD USAR NY Task Force-1 deployed to assist those affected by Hurricane Harvey https://t.co/YmkzNZa2n0 pic.twitter.com/fLAlScgbEO
— FDNY (@FDNY) August 27, 2017

This can happen on Roosevelt Island. Be prepared. Check out the NYC Office of Emergency Management Know Your Zone Hurricane Preparedness web site.
UPDATE 7:30 PM:

Thank you to all the first responders and people helping each other out. That's what we do as Americans. Here's one way you can help now. https://t.co/iGfE8rAoAu
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 27, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Causing Catastrophic Flooding In Houston – Be Prepared, It Can Happen On Roosevelt Island

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