Meyerland residents traumatized again after flooding

HOUSTON – For some longtime Meyerland residents, the sound of rain triggers nightmares.

"Every time it rains, I get shakes," June Pool said.

Pool is now dealing with water in her living room once again.

"It's still so traumatizing. I mean, you just can't go through this," she said. "This is not even a year later."

The Memorial Day floods of 2015 did a number on her house. She just moved back in two months ago after the repairs were done.

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"We're all devastated. A lot of my friends lost their homes again after having rebuilt everything. It's just very sad," Pool said.

Mayor Sylvester Turner said around 200 homes were damaged in Meyerland alone, forcing the hand of a lot of residents, including Pool.

"I think I'm going to (move) because I just can't go through this again," she said.

Monday's floods forced Dwight Mack and his family to put blankets and pillows in the attic of their one-story Meyerland home.

"We got the house all repaired and yesterday we probably got 18 inches in," he said. "I think it's time to go. I think my wife, I don't want to put her through it again. I think I can make it, but she's too traumatic."

On top of all this, Mack has even more weighing on him.

"I'm an LVAD patient at St. Luke's Heart Transplant Center, waiting on a heart at this time," he said.

Fifteen years in the house on North Braeswood that's been washed out one too many times, Mack said the memories for his family are still high and dry.

"We raised the last two kids here. They attend Bellaire High School. I don't know. I really don't know," he said, when asked about moving.

More and more home repair companies are already starting to get to work on these houses Tuesday.