Speaking of America: 'Now, I feel like home'
Jan 10, 2018
3 minutes
When the morning arrived, the sleepy bayou near Petra Cervantes’ home had arisen in fury, and the water in her house covered her ankles. In 30 minutes, it was up to her knees. Soon, it was up to her chest.
“It was time to leave,” she says.
Her daughter, a paramedic, had planned ahead for hurricane Harvey. She had bought three plastic boats – toys, really, but buoyant. Cervantes and her family scrambled aboard. Ms. Cervantes brought what was important: two grandchildren, her son and daughter,
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