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- ‘Need Help ASAP.’ The Story Behind the Photo of Nursing Home Residents Trapped in Hurricane Flood Water
- Stay Safe
- Thursday, Friday are Weather Alert Days with arriving Arctic front
- AccuWeather: Calm before a rainy winter storm
- Dozens rescued from nursing home underwater in Dickinson
- Flooded nursing home residents speak out after Harvey
Dickinson has been hit hard by the flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Nursing home owners Trudy and Pete Lampson say they were initially told to shelter in place, but evacuation was soon their only option. Not long after, another picture showed the residents safe and dry at another facility. Dickinson was hit hard by the flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. "If we thought it was a threat, its never flooded, then street has never flooded," said Lampson. Lampson reflected on the decision to stay and showed us the facility's lengthy emergency plans, but says like her neighbors, she was caught off guard.
Two patients were airlifted from the home, according to Popoff. Staffers said some were rescued by a friend with a boat. David Popoff, emergency management coordinator for the city of Dickinson, located 30 miles southeast of downtown Houston, couldn't understand why.
‘Need Help ASAP.’ The Story Behind the Photo of Nursing Home Residents Trapped in Hurricane Flood Water
A reader submitted photos from around Interstate 10 and Studewood on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader submitted a photo of the flooding at Driscoll and W. A reader submitted this photo of Southbound Interstate 59 and McGowan. A viral photo sparked the rescue of nursing home residents. Residents of a nursing home in Dickinson, Texas, were evacuated Sunday after a viral image showed them sitting in waist-deep flood waters. "All the residents are safe thanks to the National Guard and the Galveston emergency services team," Kimberly McIntosh, Timothy's wife, told weather.com.
A reader sent these photos of Village of the South Shore Harbour Neighborhood, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader shared this photo from Porter Road in Katy at about 8 a.m. A reader sent these photos of the Montrose area Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Readers shared photos of the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
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"We were airlifting grandmothers and grandfathers," David Popoff of Dickinson County Emergency Management told The Daily News, who showed him the viral image. A reader submitted a photo of Chloe Marie, a miniature Schnauzer wearing a Fido Float, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader submitted a photo from the area of 610 and Westpark. People also shared photos of sunlight peeking through after days of heavy rain and catastrophic flooding brought on by Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas Friday, and though it was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday, it brought unprecedented flooding to southeast Texas.
Kim and Tim McIntosh, whose mother owns the assisted living center, received the photo around 8 a.m. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. "RESCUED!! Thank you to the National Guard & the Galveston City Emergency crew for our rescue," McIntosh tweeted shortly after the rescue was confirmed.
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But by the time she arrived at the home on Oak Drive, water was already a foot deep. Half an hour later it was chest-high, and the meticulously curated medical notes floated atop a mess of debris and muck brought in with the floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey. A reader sent these photos of Village of Oak Lakes in Sugar Land, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader sent these photos of a neighborhood in Sugar Land Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Caleb Leighton, 6, waded through the waters on Pinemont Drive in Houston on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Tropical Storm Harvey is the first high-water storm he experienced, according to his mother, Hannah.
Residents at a Dickinson, Texas nursing home, that were seen in waist-deep flood water, were safely rescued. A reader submitted these photos of from the Heights area at Yale and the Katy Freeway, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader submitted a photo of rapidly rising water Monday at Colony Bend in Sugar Land. As Hurricane Harvey descended on Houston, residents braved the rain to share photos of flooding, damage, and their storm setups. Emergency officials updated the McIntosh’s every 30 minutes until everyone was out safely.
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The photo of residents of La Vita Bella seemingly calmly sitting in wheelchairs and on sofas in water greater than waist-deep was widely circulated as viewers tried to determine its authenticity. Lampson sent her daughter the photo of residents of La Vita Bella seemingly calmly sitting in wheelchairs and on sofas in water greater than waist-deep. Following a plea heard all across social media, dozens of residents of a Dickinson nursing home have been safely evacuated in the midst of the epic flooding gripping the greater Houston area.
The photo of La Vita Bella nursing home residents sitting in flood waters that went viral. Take for example this photo of an elderly woman legs vanished in the waist high as the flood waters overwhelmed a La Vita Bella Nursing Home in Dickinson Texas due to Hurricane Harvey in August. The owners of the living center posted it to Twitter asking for help. It was one of the many ways people harnessed the power of social media after disaster hit this year. La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, Texas was evacuated after a photo of residents in waist-deep water went viral. A reader submitted this photo from Waugh Drive near Buffalo Bayou on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.
"Thanks to all the true believers that re-tweeted and got the news organizations involved. It pushed La Vita Bella to #1 on the priority list." "This is absolutely not a fake photo," McIntosh replied. "I would suspect this is a fake photo," one person responded.
Winds eased throughout the day Saturday as Harvey lost strength, becoming a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon. While many on Twitter shared McIntosh's dire photograph, others were skeptical of the surreal-looking picture and questioned its authenticity. And the Army National Guard pulled up with massive trucks to rescue the remaining 11 residents and five staff. "I was so scared," said Shantell Woodruff, a 17-year-old who works at La Vita Bella with her mother. Dahnya Garcia Giampietro sent in these photos that show the view of Buffalo Bayou from Houston's East End, Aug. 25, 2017. Natalie Guillen shared this photograph of the sunset over Houston from Allen Parkway on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.
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