As the whole of Florida hunkered down last weekend and braced themselves for the worst as Hurricane Irma beat down upon them with the force of a category 4 storm, there was nothing on the radar, as far as I could see, for Northeast America. However, on the first night of the storm, I dreamt that we, here in the Northeast, were also experiencing torrential rain with the same intensity as the downpour in Florida. The floodwaters were quickly rising…..
How does one even begin to come to terms with the catastrophic flooding and the awful aftermath caused by Hurricane Harvey down in Houston and surrounding neighborhoods in Texas this past week? This flooding of biblical proportion is unprecedented in Texas and historic within all of the United States. No one expected this to happen here, ever! Rainfalls accumulations of more than 50 inches submerging countless homes and businesses, water running like rivers in the city streets and freeways with…..