Author: Mia Estrada

Texas has been through major hurricanes before, some worse and others less destructive than Harvey. The 1900 Galveston Hurricane made landfall on Sept. 8 and is known as the United States’ deadliest natural disaster in history. Like Harvey, it was a Category 4, with 145 mph winds. The storm left about 6,000 to 8,000 dead, although several reports vary. With a population of about 30,000, 10,000 overlooked the storm and stayed. With the new innovation of the telegraph and the Weather Bureau station, there was notice of a hurricane according to the National Weather Service report. Sixty-one years later, Hurricane…

  Collegiate High School student Chloe Carrillo was devastated by Hurricane Harvey’s effects on people. In hopes to aid South Texas, she designed T-shirts to raise money for the Houston Flood Relief Fund. “After looking at pictures and videos of the damage Harvey did, I was completely devastated,” Carrillo said. “My heart was broken into a million pieces. Seeing people left with nothing really affected me. Nobody deserves to have everything taken from them by a natural disaster.” Carrillo created the shirts on customink.com, which allows people to raise money for a certain charity. Seeing several donations happening, Carrillo wanted…

  Residents of Corpus Christi weren’t the only ones fleeing the city, but furry animals, too. The Cattery evacuated 124 cats to North Texas to secure their safety. The evacuation was accomplished by dedicated staff members and volunteers. Scott Person, co-founder and president of the board of The Cattery Cat Shelter/Cattery Spay/Neuter Clinic, drove the cats off of Corpus Christi soil, along with Samantha Person, executive director of The Cattery. “Our responsibility for the lives of the cats in our care dictated that we evacuate them from the danger posed by the storm,” Person said. “Additionally, we were concerned that…