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<h1 class="postTitle">Surviving Hurricane Harvey, with kids: How these 3 moms are doing it</h1>
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<p>As I write this, Hurricane Harvey has dumped 49.2 inches of total rainfall, and The Weather Channel says &#8220;This may end up being one of the worst flood disasters in U.S. history.&#8221; Thirty thousand people are anticipated to be without homes, and at least nine people have died. Thousands of people have been rescued so far.</p>
<p>As a blogger myself, I follow lots of other bloggers, including several moms who live in Houston and the surrounding areas, and who are sharing their experiences since the storm hit. And since the thing that really helps me put a face on this &#8212; or any &#8212; disaster is hearing firsthand stories from people who are there, I wanted to share them.</p>
<p>Paula Rollo wrote &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.beautythroughimperfection.com/holding-it-together-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">To the moms holding it together for their kids during Hurricane Harvey</a>&#8221; on her blog <em>Beauty Through Imperfection</em> a few days ago, and it hit on something I always struggle with. How much do we tell our children about disasters? She said,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yesterday was the first day that I’ve ever flat out lied to my kids. I never lie to them, not even in little “white” lies like “we’re out of candy.&#8221; I always shoot them straight&#8230;I lied to them and I still don’t know if it was the right thing to do.</p>
<p>They know it’s storming. They know there are floods, but in their little-kid minds they don’t quite grasp the reality of what is going on around us. And I don’t think I want them to just yet.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I can completely relate. Who among us really knows what to tell our kids? Or how much they can handle? I never do.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1023287" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131051/Kirsten.jpg" alt="" width="650" height="488" srcset="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131051/Kirsten.jpg 650w, https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131051/Kirsten-300x225.jpg 300w, https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131051/Kirsten-41x31.jpg 41w" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"/></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>photo courtesy:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://kirstenoliphant.com/2017/08/28/hurricane-harvey-pictures-katy-tx/"> kirstenoliphant.com</a></em></p>
<p>Kirsten Oliphant<a rel="nofollow" href="http://kirstenoliphant.com/2017/08/28/hurricane-harvey-pictures-katy-tx/" target="_blank"> wrote about what her family is experiencing in Katy, Texas</a>, and included this terrifying thought,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;When you are in the midst of a hurricane, every decision seems like a bad one. <strong>You just have to choose the best BAD choice&#8230;</strong>From the outside, <strong>decisions may not make sense</strong>. You may not get why the city didn’t evacuate or why people stayed in their homes and got trapped or went out and got trapped. Again, there are no GOOD decisions. Our mayor encouraged people to stay. Evacuation for Rita over ten years ago meant the loss of more than 100 lives. There are no easy answers.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>We like things to make sense. Those of us not in the thick of this like to think that we wouldn&#8217;t be trapped in our homes, because we would have done things differently. It gives us reassurance and a sense of control that&#8217;s much more comforting than realizing that this could happen to us, too. That sometimes there aren&#8217;t any good answers.</p>
<p>Stacey at <em><a rel="nofollow" href="https://thesoccermomblog.com/hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">The Soccer Mom Blog</a></em> wrote &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://thesoccermomblog.com/hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey: Why I Can&#8217;t Mark Myself Safe,</a>&#8221; and shared this picture from Sunday:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1023285" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131047/floodwaters-rising.jpg" alt="" width="520" height="800" srcset="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131047/floodwaters-rising.jpg 520w, https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131047/floodwaters-rising-195x300.jpg 195w, https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131047/floodwaters-rising-423x650.jpg 423w, https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2017/08/29131047/floodwaters-rising-20x31.jpg 20w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px"/></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>photo courtesy: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://thesoccermomblog.com/hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">The Soccer Mom Blog</a></em></p>
<p>She says this is the hardest thing to explain to those of us not living it,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think what is hardest to describe to those watching from the outside is the constant state of emotion. At one moment I am in complete fear that our family will need to be evacuated from our home. When we are out of immediate danger, I am filled with worry and sadness for the friends I can’t help. And then the rest of the time, I am so overwhelmed that I sit in a stupor and stare at the endless newsfeed on local television. Watching the city that I love brought to its knees. And I can’t help because we ourselves are not out of danger.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>In the meantime, because they are moms with kids, they&#8217;re also dealing with normal kid and family problems. Kirsten says she still has bored, hungry children and messes to clean and muddy dog paws on the carpet. She&#8217;s just handling that along with knowing that at some point she and her husband may have to evacuate five kids and three large dogs, because this is what parents do.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re praying for you, Texas.</p>
<p><em>BabyCenter has some wonderful resources to help you talk to your children about disasters:</em></p>
<p>* <a href="https://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-talk-to-your-preschooler-about-disaster_64583.bc?fref=gc" target="_blank">-How to talk to your preschooler about disaster</a><br/>
* <a href="https://www.babycenter.com/6_your-5-3-4-year-old-understanding-disasters_10329751.bc?fref=gc" target="_blank">-How to help your 5-year-old understand disaster</a><br/>
* <a href="https://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-talk-to-your-grade-schooler-about-disaster_67087.bc?fref=gc" target="_blank">-How to talk to your grade-schooler about disaster</a></p>
<p><em>Additional photo courtesy of Shutterstock</em></p>
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