Again. Some towns have measured 51 inches rain. Since the storm began and the situation has become more dire for many in the city and across south texas. As of last night there have been nearly 19,000 water rescues across texas. The death toll has now climbed to nine confirmed but the images of the missing are circulating across social media. Among those killed was a Houston Police officer, Sergeant Steve perez. The chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived yesterday. Unfortunately in the darkness Sergeant Perez drove to an underpass thats about 16 1 2 feet, drove into the water and he died in a flood. So, once our divers went out there, it was too tresh rouse to go under and look for him. So we made the decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. The wife had asked him not to go in. He was a sweet, gentle Public Servant and she tells me i told him not to go to
Long Read: The man who is a restorer of history
Prasun Sonwalkar/London Filed on April 30, 2021
After his maternal grandfather’s death, Shore received various family treasures, among which were Garrett’s drawing instruments.
Most of those who served in India and other colonies of the British Empire have passed on, but their descendants possess a large number of items linked to their tenures in the colonies.
Employees of the East India Company who returned with vast riches were called ‘nabobs’; some of them purchased political power, others arrived with ‘native’ servants and settled in prime locations in London, or constructed residences and spaces that reminded them of the lives they led in the colonies. There is no database of such artefacts in the possession of descendants of former soldiers, administrators and employees, but at least one of them is keen to return the “precious items” to where they belong and has already handed over some in India.