A Man Fishing In His Living Room

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

In the midst of the desolation caused by Hurricane Harvey as it passed through Texas, a video of a man catching a fish in his flooded living room has allowed him to provoke a smile in the midst of the enormous tragedy experienced by millions of victims of flooding caused by the storm.

The clip shared on Facebook by Viviana Saldana shows a man literally jumping into the water inside a house to try to catch a slippery fish that has sneaked into his living room with the floods that have turned the house into a lake..

Accompanied by the screams of his family, who cannot believe the scene, the man achieves his mission after three attempts and stands up all wet, but victorious, with the fish holding his tail.

"Why go out looking for food when the food reaches your living room?" Saldana asks humorously in the text that accompanies the video.

In an interview from the Circa website, Saldana explained that the intrepid man who launches himself into the murky waters in the images is his father, Saúl Saldana.

The young woman noted that her home in Houston began to flood on Saturday at around 10 pm Eastern time, when Harvey had already made landfall on the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico and was heading inland loaded with water.

"At first the water leaked under the garage door, but later it entered through any opening," said Saldana, who pointed out that with that video they tried to face bad weather with a good face.

"We are installed on the second floor [of the house], but luckily the water has not risen above the knee," he added.

Harvey has become the most devastating hurricane to hit the United States since Katrina devastated New Orleans 12 years ago. As it happened then, the heavy rains that have accompanied the cyclone are the main causes of the devastation.

Authorities estimate that up to 30,000 will have to leave their homes and another 450,000 will be affected by the rise in the level of the water generated by the torrential rains, which in a matter of two days had left accumulations of 50 inches in Houston. So far there have been at least eight deaths.