Hurricane Harvey by the Numbers

Debris Collection in Houston -
The City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department has completed the first round of debris collection across Houston.  Since August 30th, SWM crews have diligently worked to help clear debris from affected areas.  The second pass will continue through December 1st, and residents should properly separate their debris. Visit https://houstonrecovers.org/debris-first-pass/ for information.
 
The total debris collected so far would fill 365 Olympic size swimming pools.
The total debris collected so far would fill 8,954 buses.
Trucks collecting debris today in Houston (Source: Solid Waste Management) = 223.
 
Office Space for Displaced Business -  Posted in: Business Recovery, Business Updates, Recovery on October 13, 2017

To assist those affected by Hurricane Harvey and expedite the recovery process, the City of Houston would like to help connect displaced businesses with free working/office space opportunities.

If you are a business that has been physically displaced by Hurricane Harvey, or you are an organization with working or office space that can be made available for at least 30 days, we would like to hear from you.

Interested parties should respond via email to carnell.emanuel@houstontx.gov, or by completing a response form found here.

Disaster Aid USA Deployment Summary (Harvey) -

  • Pre-storm filled sandbags (too many to count) and delivered to houses in need in several areas of Texas and Louisiana.
  • During the storm, DAUSA was present and an active member of all homeland security and emergency management meetings (invitation only meetings).
  • Mayors, parish, County administration and emergency personnel know who Disaster Aid USA and Rotary are and their ability to respond.
  • Directly after storm and partially still during storm, Louisiana response boat went to Orange Texas and Katy Texas to help with recovery of people and animals from the flood waters. Carried children through flood waters and taking boat loads to evacuee centers.
  • Arranged and helped managed several distribution points for intake and distribution of supplies.
  • Handed out over 1000 Sawyer Filters (Donated by Sawyer!) to families without water (huge thanks to the Beaumont Texas Rotarians).
  • Distributed 1400 lbs of mosquito lotion and spray repellent, (donated by Sawyer) and being distributed by Beaumont area Rotarians.
  • Chainsaw crews cleared roads and then helped to gut houses. They also cleared several large drainage ditches with trees blocking flow.
  • Arranged for over 30 volunteers to set up shelters and help with intake of evacuees.
  • 3 teams were gutting houses in the Houston area.
  • 1 team in Orange Texas and 1 team in Southwest LA were gutting houses.
  • DAUSA’s commercial house drying unit went from house to house after gutting. This was donated by a Rotarian form California we met at the Atlanta Rotary International Convention.
  • Some teams are using large dehumidifiers and fans to dry houses after gutting, while other teams are spraying mold killing agents.
  • Another California Rotarian drove a 4×4 Suburban and a trailer cross country loaded with supplies and now has donated the 4×4 Suburban to DAUSA and will fly (incredible gifts from Rotarians a 1000 miles away).
  • DAUSA’s Executive Director (Larry Agee) arranged a district 6200 (South Louisiana) work day in the Beaumont TX Area in coordination with their District to get as many teams in the field as possible.