Bob Smietana | Facts & Trends
When the water got within a foot of their house, Troy and Kristen Dickerson knew it was time to go.
Troy grabbed their four kids and waded through the floodwaters threatening their home in Richmond, Texas. As he took the kids to his truck, he told Kristin to grab “whatever is important.” She took their wedding album and then turned to go.
“You realize how unimportant everything else is,” she said from her parents’ house, where the family camped out after Hurricane Harvey flooded their home.