University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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YOU DON’T REALIZE HOW DEVASTATING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU HURRICANE HARVEYl 25

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THE AFTERMATH OF STORY | Jordan Tyler PHOTOS | Mary Helen Brighton DESIGNER | Megan Wilson FIoodwaters engulfe d entire houses as millions sought shelter in local warehouses, department stores and anywhere dry. Civilians and federal officials alike worked day and night to rescue victims from Hurricane Harvey’s devastating damage. The Category 4 hurricane hit Houston on Aug. 26. From then , the storm moved east across tin Texas Coastal Bend and made a second landfall in Ijouisiana on Aug. 10, according to tin Federal Emergency Management Agency. Scott Flanagin, executive director of communications for the Division of Student Affairs, said 353 undergraduate students at the university had a home and family in one of the six conn tie ' s hit by Haney. Flanagin said the Dean of Students Office rcachwl out te affected students te e ffer condolences and resources lor l ere ave me nt in the time during and after the elisaste r. Alex Arsenis, senior supply chain management and marketing maje r, said his he me town of Manvel was entirely fle e ele el. Luckily, Arsenis saiel his neighlxndiood is e n a small hill, se the only part e f his home that was danmged was the garage. Hemston receive el just under 52 inche s e f rain during Hurricane llarvey, according te the National Weathe r Se rvie e . “To put that inte |x rspective, the city e f Fayetteville , in a whole year, ge ts 42 inches e f rain e n average,” Arsenis explaiii( el. “Hemston, in the e e)iirse of a lew elays, ge t 52 inches.” The Assex iateel Rre ss re|x rted aremnel 37,(HK) home ' s in Se)iithe ast Te xas were haelly elamage el, almost 7,000 were destroyed anel alxmt 32,(HK) |M oplc semght te ni|K)rary housing eluring this time . Ramsey Minte , se nie r hremelcast journalism major, saiel she live el in Hemston herwhede life , just 30 minutes from eh)wntown, before coming te e e)lle ge . Her home is lex ated near Aelelicks Reservoir, a bayou that overflowed te cause much of the flooding during Hurricane Harvey. “Every time there is any kind of flooding, my neighben-hexxl we hi Id ge t hit pretty hard by it,” Minto saiel. Half e f Minto’s hemse was underwater, but luckily her family was able to salvage two of her most valuable ]M)sse ssie ns late one night lx»fe re the water got te e high. “Everything else in my rexnn is ge)iie ,” she saiel. When her mother went back to the house te evaluate the damage , Minto saiel, she was overwhelmed by the smell and mold everywhere , as if it hael lx en flexxled by “sewage water.” Many le)e al anel university organizations jerined forces te provide relief for Houston. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee , Razorback Athletics, Ex|x rienee Fayetteville anel Little Guys Movers he ste el Razorback Relief: Ofieration Houston e n Se pt. 7 to collect donations such as fe»e el, clothing, first aiel supplies and ele g fexxl. “I think the hardest thing alxmt this hurrie ane lor |K e)ple at the University e f Arkansas was te watch yemr city ge down like that and ne t be able te do anything,” Arsenis said. He saiel he was moved te find emt his friends back home e ffe re el he lp te le ss fortunate victims e f the storm. Minto saiel although he r family lost se much freun this disaster, she fe e ls lucky her family hael fle e el insurance, unlike se many Harvey victims. “You don ' t it ally re alize how devastating something like that is until it hap]x ns te yem,” Minte) said.

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