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Article snippet: Bathe your kids at their accustomed times. Use the gas of wrecked cars to fuel your generator. Beware of taking too much time off from your job. The sight of a squirrel might help. Such are some of the storm recovery tips for the afflicted of southeast Texas from people in the calm of their own lives who have unfortunately been there, unfortunately done this. Their familiarity comes from having endured Hurricane Sandy, the deadly storm that punished the Northeastern Coast in October 2012, killing more than 100 people and flattening shore communities in New York and New Jersey. Seeing the devastation firsthand, they have wisdom on how to fight back from the brutality of Hurricane Harvey. Elizabeth and Jeri Murphy lost their home in Seaford, N.Y., along with their cars and pretty much all their belongings. They had two young boys and Ms. Murphy was 37 weeks pregnant when they found themselves homeless, a condition that persisted for nine months. So they relied on social networks to reach out to people for places to stay. “Take whatever help you can get, even if it feels uncomfortable,” Ms. Murphy said. “Do whatever is safe for your family.” In the first month of picking up their lives, they stayed in eight different places before obtaining a rental while their house was rebuilt. Their flustered sons were 4 and 6, and to calm their jitters they did what they could to mimic familiar regimen. Baths at the same time, dinner at the same time, recording favorite TV shows... Link to the full article to read more