Hurricane Harvey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Deep East Texas and Beaumont to Port Arthur area==== [[File:Hurricane Harvey Search and Rescue Mission (546955).webm|thumb|thumbtime=02:44|U.S. Navy sailors conduct a search and rescue mission above a residence in Beaumont, Texas.]]{{blockquote|quote=Anyone who chooses to not [evacuate] cannot expect to be rescued and should write their social security numbers in permanent marker on their arm so their bodies can be identified. The loss of life and property is certain. GET OUT OR DIE!|author=Jacques Blanchette|source=Tyler County Emergency Management<ref>{{cite news|publisher=KSBW|date=August 30, 2017|access-date=August 30, 2017|title=East Texas county tells residents 'GET OUT OR DIE!'|url=http://www.ksbw.com/article/east-texas-county-tells-residents-get-out-or-die/12142731|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831051602/http://www.ksbw.com/article/east-texas-county-tells-residents-get-out-or-die/12142731|archive-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The [[Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area]] also experienced torrential precipitation, including {{convert|32.55|in|mm|abbr=on}} of rainfall in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]].<ref name="WPC 15"/> Rising waters of the [[Neches River]] caused the city to lose service from its main pump station, as well as its secondary water source in [[Hardin County, Texas|Hardin County]], cutting water supply to the city for an unknown amount of time.<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Penisson|title=The City of Beaumont has lost water supply|url=http://beaumonttexas.gov/city-beaumont-lost-water-supply/|newspaper=City of Beaumont, Texas|date=August 31, 2017|access-date=August 31, 2017|location=Beaumont, Texas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831131824/http://beaumonttexas.gov/city-beaumont-lost-water-supply/|archive-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Flooding to the north and east of the Houston area resulted in mandatory evacuations for portions of [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty]], [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson]], and [[Tyler County, Texas|Tyler]] counties, while [[Jasper County, Texas|Jasper]] and [[Newton County, Texas|Newton]] counties were under a voluntary evacuation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kfdm.com/weather/hurricane-stories/mandatory-evacuations-ordered-in-bevil-oaks|title=Mandatory evacuations ordered in parts of Jefferson, Liberty, Tyler counties|publisher=[[KFDM]]|author=Brandon Scott|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830105915/http://kfdm.com/weather/hurricane-stories/mandatory-evacuations-ordered-in-bevil-oaks|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> One death occurred in Beaumont when a woman exited her disabled vehicle, but was swept away.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kfdm.com/news/local/beaumont-woman-with-small-child-killed-in-harvey-related-flooding|title=Beaumont, Texas woman with small child killed in Harvey related flooding|date=August 29, 2017|publisher=KFDM|author=Brandon Scott|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830054626/http://kfdm.com/news/local/beaumont-woman-with-small-child-killed-in-harvey-related-flooding|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], the mayor stated that the entire city was submerged by water. Hundreds of displaced residents went to the Robert A. "Bob" Bowers Civic Center for shelter, but they were evacuated again after the building began to flood. Water entered at least several hundreds of homes in Jefferson County.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/30/nations-largest-refinery-in-port-arthur-texas-shut-down-mayor-says-whole-city-is-underwater.html|title=Nation's largest oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas shut down; mayor says 'whole city is underwater'|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=August 30, 2017|author=Travis Fedschun|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830173711/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/30/nations-largest-refinery-in-port-arthur-texas-shut-down-mayor-says-whole-city-is-underwater.html|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page