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Some people have pointed out the hardship of accumulating collective traumas in #Houston due to weather related events. It started for me in 2015, when I had to sleep in my car when the city flooded in a couple of hours around me. 1/
As I type it I feel stupid about it. I was able to be an immigrant in a city that has also been incredibly generous. I had a car which is definitely a privilege. I was in grad school in the United States while others have nothing. 2/
But the problem is that being grateful doesn't erase how things feel to you, how fucking scared I was that night. It doesn't erase the fact that back in Sonora there were days we didn't have water for days too. 3/
