Houston's Homeless Shrug Off Riding Out Harvey On Streets

To the masses, it was a vicious blast of nature’s cruelty, a bruising brawl to survive, a forced trip to an uncertain future. To the few, it was just another miserable day.

For all the hardship and pain unleashed by Hurricane Harvey, many of Houston’s homeless shrugged it off.

“We ain’t got nothing to lose anyway,” said Eric Brian, one of the thousands of the city’s dispossessed.

Brian is 63 and is resting against a chain-link fence in midtown Houston, where he’s lived on the streets the past two years. He’s not interested in elaborating on the family problem that drove him here, and doesn’t think people care too much what happens to the homeless anyway. He says he never thought twice about seeking shelter even as the torrents came down.

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