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Even FEMA is calling for volunteers.</h2><div class="ArticleBody__byline"><div class="ArticleBody__authors"><div class="ArticleAuthor"><a class="ArticleAuthor__name" href="/author/justin-miller">Justin Miller</a></div><div class="ArticleAuthor"><a class="ArticleAuthor__name" href="/author/joanna-purpich">Joanna Purpich</a></div><div class="ArticleAuthor"><a class="ArticleAuthor__name" href="/author/alex-hannaford">Alex Hannaford</a></div></div><h4 class="ArticleBody__date-time">08.28.17 12:33 PM ET</h4></div><div class="ShareTools"><div class="ShareButton ShareButton__facebook"><a class="TrackingLink ShareButton__link" href=""><svg class="button-icon"><use xlink:href="#facebook-share"></use></svg></a></div><div class="ShareButton ShareButton__twitter"><a class="TrackingLink ShareButton__link" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebea.st%2F2vlLGKH%3Fsource%3Dtwitter%26via%3Ddesktop&amp;via=thedailybeast&amp;text=Houston%20to%20America%3A%20Send%20Help&amp;counturl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fhouston-to-america-send-help"><svg class="button-icon"><use xlink:href="#twitter-share"></use></svg></a></div><div class="ShareButton ShareButton__email"><a class="TrackingLink ShareButton__link" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ac93dfd9cec6c9cfd891e4c3d9dfd8c3c2899e9cd8c3899e9cedc1c9dec5cfcd899fed899e9cffc9c2c8899e9ce4c9c0dc8acdc1dc97cec3c8d591899ce8899cedc4d8d8dc899fed899eea899eead8c4c9cec9cd82dfd8899eea9edac0e0ebe7e4899feadfc3d9decfc9899fe8c9c1cdc5c0899e9adac5cd899fe8c8c9dfc7d8c3dc899ce8899ced899ce8899cede4c3d9dfd8c3c2899e9cd8c3899e9cedc1c9dec5cfcd899fed899e9cffc9c2c8899e9ce4c9c0dc899ce8899ced899ce8899cede1c3dec9899e9cd8c4cdc2899e9c9e899eef9c9c9c899e9cdcc9c3dcc0c9899e9cc4cddac9899e9ccec9c9c2899e9cdec9dfcfd9c9c8899e9cced5899e9cd8c4c9899e9ccbc3dac9dec2c1c9c2d8899eef899e9cced9d8899e9cc1cdc2d5899e9cc1c3dec9899e9ccddec9899e9cc8c9dcc9c2c8c5c2cb899e9cc3c2899e9ccecdd5c3d9899e9ccec3cdd8df899e9ccdc2c8899e9ccac5dfc4c9dec1cdc282899e9ce9dac9c2899e9ceae9e1ed899e9cc5df899e9ccfcdc0c0c5c2cb899e9ccac3de899e9cdac3c0d9c2d8c9c9dedf82"><svg class="button-icon"><use xlink:href="#email-share"></use></svg></a></div><div class="ShareButton ShareButton__reddit"><a class="TrackingLink ShareButton__link" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?title=Houston%20to%20America%3A%20Send%20Help&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fhouston-to-america-send-help%3Fvia%3Ddesktop%26source%3DReddit"><svg class="button-icon"><use xlink:href="#reddit-share"></use></svg></a></div></div><section class="Hero Hero--hidden-on-desktop"><figure class="Image"><div class="Image__wrapper"><img class="Image__img" src="https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_1440,w_2560,x_0,y_0/dpr_2.0/c_limit,w_740/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1503937939/170828-Miller-Houston-Hero__zwcwex"/></div><div class="Image__credits"><h4 class="Image__credits-text">Photo by Lt. Zachary West/Army National Guard, Getty Images</h4></div></figure></section><article class="Body"><div class="Mobiledoc"><p>KINGWOOD, Texas—The only thing harder than getting out of <a class="TrackingLink LinkWrapper" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/houston-told-people-to-stay-for-harvey-now-they-cant-get-out">Houston</a> is getting in. </p><p>Police were closing the roads into America’s fourth-largest city on Monday as rivers, tributaries, and ditches burst their banks and inundated highways. Cars driving south on I-96 had to turn around, resorting to retreat on the shoulder. Even 30 miles outside of downtown Houston, beyond the airport, there was four feet of water. </p><p>Rain lashed down on Monday morning after a brief pause on Sunday, bringing <a class="TrackingLink LinkWrapper" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/hurricane-harvey-devastates-texas-with-floods-destruction">Tropical Storm Harvey</a>’s total closer to 36 inches in as many hours. Another three feet of rain is expected in some areas; there was so much rain that the National Weather Service ran out of colors for its maps. </p><p>The first mandatory evacuations—four days after the governor called for people to get out—began on Monday morning along the Brazos River, southwest of Houston. The river is expected to swell to 60 feet and overtop levees there. </p><p>Dominic Druke lives on a hill just north of the river, where he and his family own chickens, rabbits, donkeys and two dogs. </p><p>“I’d leave right now if I didn’t have animals,” Druke told The Daily Beast. </p><p><em><a class="TrackingLink LinkWrapper" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/texans-save-furry-friends-in-harveys-flooding"><strong>Related: Texans Save Furry Friends from Harvey’s Wrath</strong></a></em></p><p>Druke decided it was too dangerous for his wife and five young children though. They left last night before getting stranded on the road just miles from safety. A friend with a raised Jeep managed to rescue them, Druke said. A police car sits at the entrance of his neighborhood to prevent people from entering.  </p><p>Druke said that he expects two feet of water in his house before it&#x27;s over. </p><p>“Worst comes to worst, there’s the Cajun Navy,” Druke said of volunteers from Louisiana. “I might call them and see if I can get me and the dogs out.”</p><p>Druke isn’t alone in hoping for volunteer help: the federal government says it alone can’t handle the need for rescues. </p><p>“Texas has never seen an event like this,” FEMA Administrator Brock Long <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="http://jamiedupree.blog.statesman.com/2017/08/28/fema-issues-call-for-volunteers-to-help-deal-with-massive-texas-flooding-from-harvey/">said</a> at a Monday morning press conference in Washington, D.C. “What I need the media to do is organize the efforts, to help us organize citizen efforts, to ultimately help Texas. These people are in need.”</p><div class="InlineNewsletter"><div class="InlineNewsletter__main"><form class="InlineNewsletter__form"><div class="InlineNewsletter__title">Get The Beast In Your Inbox!</div><div class="InlineNewsletter__input"><input type="email" class="InlineNewsletter__input-element" name="email" placeholder="Enter your email address" value=""/></div><div class="InlineNewsletter__content"><div class="InlineNewsletter__list"><div class="InlineNewsletterItem InlineNewsletterItem--checked"><div class="InlineNewsletterItem__title-and-description"><h4 class="InlineNewsletterItem__title">Daily Digest</h4><p class="InlineNewsletterItem__description">Start and finish your day with the top stories from The Daily Beast.</p></div><div class="InlineNewsletterItem__checkbox-container"><div class="InlineNewsletterItem__checkbox-unselected"></div><svg class="InlineNewsletterItem__checkbox-selected"><use xlink:href="#newsletter-checkbox"></use></svg></div></div><div class="InlineNewsletterItem InlineNewsletterItem--checked"><div class="InlineNewsletterItem__title-and-description"><h4 class="InlineNewsletterItem__title">Cheat Sheet</h4><p class="InlineNewsletterItem__description">A speedy, smart summary of all the news you need to know (and nothing you don&#x27;t).</p></div><div class="InlineNewsletterItem__checkbox-container"><div class="InlineNewsletterItem__checkbox-unselected"></div><svg class="InlineNewsletterItem__checkbox-selected"><use xlink:href="#newsletter-checkbox"></use></svg></div></div></div><div class="InlineNewsletter__terms">By clicking “Subscribe,” you agree to have read the <a href="/company/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="/company/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></div></div><div class="InlineNewsletter__submit"><button class="Button InlineNewsletter__submit-button" type="submit">Subscribe</button></div><div class="recaptcha" id="1"></div><div class="InlineNewsletter__message"></div></form><div class="InlineNewsletter__final"><div class="InlineNewsletter__title">Thank You!</div><div class="InlineNewsletter__final-description">You are now subscribed to the Daily Digest and Cheat Sheet. We will not share your email with anyone for any reason.</div></div></div></div><p>Help is coming from as far away <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170827/dozens-of-la-firefighters-headed-to-texas-to-help-with-harvey-rescue-efforts">as Los Angeles</a> and <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/28/volunteers-head-from-mass-houston-help-with-flood-rescues/9ok04JlqzZQa6MA8RSsBiM/story.html">Boston</a>. Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife sent 10 trucks and 10 boats, with two more teams at the ready. The state’s volunteer <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_d8ca926c-8b57-11e7-b442-3779a777c29b.html">“Cajun Navy”</a> sent 20 boats on Sunday. </p><p>Countless locals manned flat-bottom boats and personal vessels to fish people from homes. Jim <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="https://www.facebook.com/mattressmack/?hc_ref=ARTpq1srYqzdhbuqIkZFtvLcPCTltHEd8ZYTIhhivFDjI_hYCQsLoAnLPoha14WS4Ds&amp;pnref=story">“Mattress Mack”</a> McIngvale opened two of his stores to evacuees.    </p><p>The Houston Fire Department said it has rescued 2,000 people so far, nearly 300 of them since midnight. More than 75,000 calls to 911 were made since Friday, officials said. There are more than 30,000 people in shelters, Mayor Sylvester Turner said. FEMA said it expects 450,000 to apply for disaster relief.</p><p>Gov. Greg Abbott activated the entire Texas National Guard, deploying 12,000 for search and rescue operations.</p><p>As of Sunday, 18 of the state&#x27;s 254 counties—home to 7 million people—had been declared federal disaster areas. Another 50 are considered state disaster zones.</p><p>Port Aransas, 250 miles south of Houston on the Gulf coast was nearly destroyed in the 24 hours following <a class="TrackingLink LinkWrapper" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/hurricane-harvey-is-scaring-everyone-away-but-these-people">Hurricane Harvey’s landfall</a>. Buildings, houses, and novelty shops on the island reportedly collapsed under the weight of 130-mph winds. About 100 people stayed on the island, ignoring the calls to evacuate, and there is now no cell service, power, or water. A few reporters were allowed into the city to <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Port-Aransas-residents-who-stayed-behind-angry-12021678.php">interview the now-frustrated residents</a> who broke down in angry tears at an emergency operations center.</p><p>“We’ve lost everything,&quot; Melanie Zuraski told the <!-- -->San Antonio Express-News<!-- -->. &quot;We didn’t have the means to leave. … Us people that live here and support this island don’t make a lot of money. So a lot of us stayed behind to go board up resorts and whatnot to make money. 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