Fozzy Whittaker watched from afar as Hurricane Harvey destroyed his hometown.
Originally from Pearland, Texas, about a half hour south of downtown Houston, Whittaker knows the places he’s seen in all the viral images. He’s walked those roads, shopped in those shops, spoken to the people living the nightmare he can only observe from a distance.
“Some of my classmates I went to high school with, I’ve seen the whole first floor of their two-story house flooded. One of my good friends, his car was flooded,” Whittaker said Tuesday. “I saw a picture of one of the ramps going onto (Interstate) 45 that was completely submerged going into downtown, and I’ve driven that road plenty of times.