08/30/2017
**The majority of this is from someone else (if I knew who I would say, but I don't), but I did edit/add to it**
"Houston, we have a problem."
A lot of people around the country don't understand what "Houston" really means. When we say we live in "Houston", what we're really saying is that we live in:
Aldine
Alvin
Ames
Anahuac
Arcola
Atascocita
Bacliff
Bailey's Prairie
Barrett
Bayou Vista
Baytown
Beach City
Beasley
Bellaire
Bellville
Bolivar Peninsula
Bonney
Brazoria
Brazos Country
Brookshire
Brookside Village
Bunker Hill Village
Channelview
Cinco Ranch
Clear Lake Shores
Cleveland
Cloverleaf
Clute
Conroe
Cove
Crosby
Cumings
Cut and Shoot
Daisetta
Damon
Danbury
Dayton
Dayton Lakes
Deer Park
Devers
Dickinson
El Lago
Fairchilds
Fifth Street
Four Corners
Freeport
Fresno
Friendswood
Fulshear
Galena Park
Greatwood
Hardin
Hedwig Village
Hempstead
Highlands
Hillcrest
Hilshire Village
Hitchcock
Holiday Lakes
Humble
Hunters Creek Village
Industry
Iowa Colony
Jacinto City
Jamaica Beach
Jersey Village
Jones Creek
Kemah
Kendleton
Kenefick
La Marque
La Porte
Lake Jackson
League City
Liberty
Liverpool
Magnolia
Manvel
Meadows Place
Mission Bend
MissouriCity
Mont Belvieu
Montgomery
Morgan's Point
Nassau Bay
Needville
New Territory
North Cleveland
Oak Ridge North
Old River-Winfree
Orchard
Oyster Creek
Panorama Village
Pasadena
Pattison
Patton Village
Pearland
Pecan Grove
Pine Island
Pinehurst
Piney Point Village
Pleak
Plum Grove
Porter Heights
Prairie View
Quintana
Richmond
Richwood
Roman Forest
Rosenberg
San Felipe
San Leon
Santa Fe
Seabrook
Sealy
Sheldon
Shenandoah
Shoreacres
Sienna Plantation
Simonton
South Houston
Southside Place
Splendora
Spring
Spring Valley Village
Stafford
Stagecoach
Stowell
Sugar Land
Surfside Beach
Sweeny
Taylor Lake Village
Texas City
The Woodlands
Thompsons
Tiki Island
Tomball
Waller
Wallis
Webster
West Columbia
West University Place
Wild Peach Village
Willis
Winnie
Woodbranch
Woodloch
It's just SO MUCH EASIER to say "Houston" when people ask.
A distance of 90+ miles separates Texas City and Conroe. You could comfortably fit all of , , , , , and into Houston's borders at the same time. Houston is known as the Capital of the world, the Capital of the world, the Capital of the world, and it has one of the biggest ports in the world.
For us, traveling distances is not an unusual task. It is not unheard of for people to drive over an hour each way just to get to work (even without traffic). Houston is a city of cities.
So when we say HOUSTON is under water. We mean that the ENTIRE area has flooded in some way. Most have water in their houses. 100's of thousands have had to evacuate or be rescued from their neighborhoods. Water rescues are still happening as we speak. When one part of our city has a problem, we ALL have a problem. And when ALL of our city has a problem... We cry. We pray. We HELP.
Nights are the scariest because you don't know what you're going to wake up to in the morning. It has stopped raining and now we have massive flooding. There are still people waiting to get rescued; old people, young people, children, babies, pets, rich people, poor people, all ethnicities from all walks of life. All humans.
Please pray. Please pray for a brighter future for ALL of Houston today, because...
Houston Has Had A Problem.