People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on an air boat in Dickinson, Texas August 27, 2017. Photo: Rick Wilking/Reuters Water started sneaking through the side of Sharlene Hearne’s home in Dickinson, Texas, shortly after midnight on Sunday. The flood reached three feet by about 3 a.m., spilling in from the Dickinson Bayou behind her property. Hearne and her fiancé began moving valuables to the highest shelves, the water loosening the wooden floorboards so they popped up and banged her shins as she trod through the muck. Meanwhile, the water kept rising. It was getting so high that it licked at her nightstands until it finally tipped one over, taking a big white lamp, still plugged in and lit, down with it. “We looked at each other and we thought, ‘Okay, we’re still standing and we’re alive,’” Hearne said. “God and angels were looking out for us. And we just — we just made it out of there.” Dickinson lies about 30 miles southeast of Houston and is one of the hardest-hit areas in Harvey’s wake. Dozens of residents were rescued by helicopter and boat from washed-out homes. Hearne and her fiancé and their two cats escaped their… Read full this story
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