Ye gods, Ike really has done a number on Texas. That's a large set of full screen pictures there, #11 is particularly shocking but the whole lot is scary.
Literally, all you can do is just start. Start moving _some_ thing, and it'll just continue from there. I wish I could say I didn't speak from experience, but - as Mat can tell you - I've been there on a couple occasions, with the possibility of more every year. It's only by the grace of God we dodged Ike, ourselves (being Florida), when it was looking to hit us square on.
But that's what you have to do, and what I did after Andrew, and helped do in Mississippi after Katrina, and so on. You just ... start. Because you have to.
One of the people on my f-list is originally from Texas. Her family is still there and had to clear out. I guess so far all that happened was a tree through the roof, which sucks a lot, but compared to the massive flood damage in those pictures could have been a lot worse. Plus, they're all safe and dry at the family's country place or something like that. (Squished like sardines into a very small place with mom, dad, grandpa, and a family that's friends with them, but at least safe.)
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2 is amazing, as well.
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At least the preparation and response seems better than for Katrina, which can only have been a good thing.
And on a lighter note, number 21 - Superman arrives too late to help Houston...
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Where do you even begin to clean up after these things? It's mind boggling.
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But that's what you have to do, and what I did after Andrew, and helped do in Mississippi after Katrina, and so on. You just ... start. Because you have to.
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I thought #16 was rather beautiful.
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Next time it rains so much that my ceiling leaks a wee bit, I'll think twice about complaining!