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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.
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.
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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.
“We were very fortunate and are thankful for all the retweets, media contacts, and especially the promptness of Galveston emergency services along with the National Guard. All together, they saved many lives today,” they added in the email. The unidentified woman wasn’t the only one submerged in the rising waters pouring into the nursing home. A now-viral photo first shared on Twitter showed at least six other women and a cat trapped in the same green-colored water that filled the room. In a plea heard all across social media, dozens of residents of a Dickinson nursing home were evacuated.
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A reader submitted this photo of his family's first big storm in Houston at South Post Oak and South Willow. Jeremy Blanton noted that the family lost a car but him, his wife and 2-year-old daughter were all safe. The emergency rescue took place after a viral image showed several residents sitting amongst the flood waters. A reader submitted this photo of flooding on Braeswood, near Kirby. A reader submitted this photo of their horses in Hitchcock during the flooding of Hurricane Harvey.
This photo was taken near Buffalo Bayou in West Houston. Photo submitted by Blake McWherter on August 29, 2017. "This is First Colony, Williams Grant subdivision this morning . Those ducks swimming beyond the Williams Grant stop sign are from Grant's Lake just beyond. The owner of the car got home safely." A woman has garnered national attention after a video of her leading a spontaneous worship session in a shelter went viral on Facebook.
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Residents at the La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson were rescued after Timothy McIntosh tweeted the photo on Aug. 27, 2017. Newton rescued his mother, and some others, while emergency crews eventually reached the rest. The McIntosh’s decided to post the photo on Twitter shortly after, pleading with emergency services for help. N elderly woman’s legs disappeared under waist-deep water from Hurricane Harvey as the storm’s flooding flowed into the La Vita Bella Nursing Home on Sunday in Dickinson, TX. Timothy McIntosh, who tweeted the image, told the outlet that his mother-in-law took the photo around 9 a.m. “We were air-lifting grandmothers and grandfathers,” Dickinson emergency management coordinator David Popoff told the Daily News'sJohn Wayne Ferguson.
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.
"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.
Rain is expected to continue through the middle of this week. “Need help asap emergency services please RETWEET,” Tim tweeted shortly after his first message. The first tweet garnered more than 2,400 likes and resulted in quick action from local rescue teams. Eighteen people were rescued, including 15 seniors, from the La Vita Bella living facility, a city official told The Galveston County Daily News. Fortunately, after the photo went viral, rescuers swiftly had the residents air-lifted to safety. See photos of Hurricane Harvey shared by Chron.com readers ahead.
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.
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.
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A reader submitted photos from the shelter set up inside the George R. Brown Convention Center on Sunday night, Aug. 27, 2017. “We were air-lifting grandmothers and grandfathers,” Popoff told the Daily News. A reader submitted this photo from Clear Lake Park on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader submitted this photo in front of their house in Northeast Houston near C.E. A reader submitted this photo from downtown Houston on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. A reader submitted this photo near 288 between Southmore and Binz on Sunday morning, Aug. 27, 2017.
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.
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