{"id":25397,"date":"2017-09-08T16:40:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25397"},"modified":"2017-09-08T16:40:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:40:53","slug":"from-homes-to-refineries-finding-pollution-and-loss-in-harveys-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25397","title":{"rendered":"From Homes to Refineries, Finding Pollution and Loss in Harvey&#8217;s Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2017\/09\/08\/homes-refineries-finding-pollution-and-loss-hurricane-harvey-path\">From Homes to Refineries, Finding Pollution and Loss in Harvey&#8217;s Path<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-12114 node node-blog node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-bimage field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/J46A3872-Edit.jpg?itok=cvc6ghYA\" alt=\"Mobil station with floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey\" width=\"810\" height=\"521\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"new-horizontal-social-bar clearfix\">\n<div class=\"new-horizontal-share-wrapper new-horizontal-email-wrapper clearfix last\">When Harvey\u2019s rain, for the most part, stopped falling on August 30, I started making my way from Louisiana to Texas to document the pollution inevitably left in the storm\u2019s path. That day I got as far as Vidor, a small town in southeast Texas where the floodwaters were still\u00a0rising.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Getting there was no easy matter. I was forced to drive west in the eastbound lane of the interstate because the lanes I should have been driving in were flooded up to the top of the highway divider. All the while, I tried not to worry about the water rushing through cracks in the cement divider, which had the potential to give\u00a0way.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Vidor were only accessible by boat or in a high-clearance vehicle. I hitched a ride in a monster truck, which pushed water over cars stuck in the floodwaters as we passed by a Mobil gas station, also submerged. I noted the irony considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/exxonmobil-funding-climate-science-denial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExxonMobil\u2019s history of funding climate science denial<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/posteverything\/?p=3518&amp;tid=ss_tw-amp&amp;utm_term=.754fb2198638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvey\u2019s intensity tied to climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/J46A3318-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Mobil gas station underwater in Vidor, Texas\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Mobil gas station in Vidor, Texas, on August\u00a031.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/J46A3551.jpg\" alt=\"A Texas house flooded up to the roof\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Home in Vidor, Texas, flooded up to its\u00a0roof.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/J46A3662-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"People and a dog in a motor boat navigate the flooded streets of Vidor, Texas\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Homes to Refineries, Finding Pollution and Loss in Harvey&#8217;s Path When Harvey\u2019s rain, for the most part, stopped falling on August 30, I started making my way from Louisiana to Texas to document the pollution inevitably left in the storm\u2019s path. 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