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Picture credits

This book uses 29 photographs and 11 AI-generated pictures. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown, many of them public-domain photos taken by U.S. government staff. Maker names and logos were blurred where they appeared, and a few crops were tightened. The AI-generated pictures were made for this book where no suitable photograph was available; each one is labelled as an AI-generated picture in its caption.

Brown floodwater filling a residential street in Wharton, with brick and frame houses and trees on both sides, April 2016
2016 Southeastern Texas Floods 160421-Z-ZZ999-008.jpg by U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt Zachary West · Public domain. Used in title page, ch. 14.
Small white frame house with green shutters standing in brown floodwater that reaches the bottom of its windows, Wharton, April 2016
2016 Southeastern Texas Floods 160421-Z-ZZ999-010.jpg by U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt Zachary West · Public domain. Used in ch. 1.
Colorado River at Wharton at normal summer level, muddy water below a grassy bank with a small fishing pier, July 2008
Colorado River of Texas at Wharton IMG 1058.JPG by Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0. Used in ch. 1.
Peach Creek seen from County Road 135 near Wharton: slow water among cypress-like trunks and bare winter trees
Wharton TX Peach Creek at CR 135.JPG by Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 3.0. Used in ch. 2.
Flat plowed farmland near Wharton under a gray sky, with a line of trees and farm buildings on the horizon, 2011
Near Wharton Texas 2011.jpg by Jongriffin · CC BY-SA 3.0. Used in ch. 2.
Colorado River seen beneath a highway bridge in Wharton, sandbar and green banks, July 2008
Colorado River under bridge in Wharton, TX IMG 1056.JPG by Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0. Used in ch. 3.
Green steel truss bridge from 1929-30 over the Colorado River at Wharton, beside a newer road bridge
Colorado River Bridge Wharton Texas.jpg by Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0. Used in ch. 3.
Rows of shrink-wrapped pallets of bottled water in a Texas warehouse waiting for hurricane relief, 2008
FEMA - 37894 - Water pallets in Texas.jpg by Patsy Lynch · Public domain. Used in ch. 4.
A portable generator on a driveway well away from a brick ranch house after a storm, with one cord running to an inlet box on the outside wall
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 5.
Low grassy ground beside a road covered by a sheet of brown floodwater after Hurricane Harvey, rain clouds overhead, Texas 2017
Hurricane Harvey Flooding and Damage (36933648641).jpg by Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) from Roman Forest, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0. Used in ch. 7.
Small brick office of Wharton County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 in Louise, with a white porch and parking lot
Louise TX Water Dist.jpg by Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 4.0. Used in ch. 8.
White El Campo water tower with the town name in red, seen through green trees, June 2013
20130620-RD-LSC-0316 (13996464323).jpg by U.S. Department of Agriculture · Public domain. Used in ch. 8.
Tree-lined Houston street under floodwater after Hurricane Harvey, with two cars sunk to their windows, August 2017
FEMA - IMG 0401MEB - Cars Floating in Houston Street.jpg by Dominick Del Vecchio · Public domain. Used in ch. 9.
One-story brick ranch house on a slab with brown floodwater across the whole yard and up against the walls, after Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey Flooding and Damage (36260763253).jpg by Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) from Roman Forest, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0. Used in ch. 11.
Two Texas Guard soldiers wading near one-story brick houses standing in floodwater in Wharton, April 2016
2016 Southeastern Texas Floods 160421-Z-ZZ999-014.jpg by U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt Zachary West · Public domain. Used in ch. 11.
Row of houses raised high on wooden pilings along Highway 87 on Bolivar Peninsula after Hurricane Ike, 2008
FEMA - 39260 - Elevetated homes remain stading on the beach in Texas.jpg by Greg Henshall · Public domain. Used in ch. 12.
Frame house lifted on cribbing for elevation in Sabine Pass, Texas, with timbers and tools in the dirt below, 2009
FEMA - 39893 - Housing Mitigation in Sabine Pass, Texas after Hurricane Ike.jpg by Mike Moore · Public domain. Used in ch. 12.
Rescue workers in life vests and a soldier wading down a flooded Wharton street past road barricades, April 2016
2016 Southeastern Texas Floods 160421-Z-ZZ999-009.jpg by U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt Zachary West · Public domain. Used in ch. 14.
Utility crew in orange rain gear using a bucket truck to work on downed power lines over a wet road after Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey Flooding and Damage (37073675865).jpg by Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) from Roman Forest, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0. Used in ch. 15.
Air conditioner condenser set on a raised wooden platform beside a raised house, Baldwin County, Alabama
FEMA - 14188 - Photograph by Mark Wolfe taken on 07-26-2005 in Alabama.jpg by Mark Wolfe · Public domain. Used in ch. 15.
Flood-damaged washers, refrigerators and water heaters lined up in a dirt lot for disposal after a 2008 flood
FEMA - 36560 - Appliances waiting for dispoal in Iowa.jpg by Greg Henshall · Public domain. Used in ch. 16.
Dozens of rusty propane cylinders collected on gravel in Houston after Hurricane Ike, with a worker sorting them
FEMA - 39025 - EPA workers locating hazardous material moved by Ike in Texas.jpg by Greg Henshall · Public domain. Used in ch. 17.
Well pump, pipes, pressure gauges and a covered pressure tank on a wooden stand under a tarp shelter
The Well (4679680189).jpg by Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0. Used in ch. 18.
Collapsed steel windmill tower over a water well in brush after Hurricane Harvey, blue sky
A damaged windmill (39572830924).jpg by U.S. Department of Agriculture · Public domain. Used in ch. 21.
Pile of torn-out drywall, cabinets and furniture at the curb in front of a brick ranch house after Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey Flooding and Damage (36240210054).jpg by Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) from Roman Forest, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0. Used in ch. 25.
FEMA inspector with a clipboard looking through a chain-link fence at a storm-damaged house on South Padre Island
FEMA - 37366 - FEMA housing damage inspector in Texas.jpg by Patsy Lynch · Public domain. Used in ch. 25.
Low modern Wharton City Hall on East Caney Street, with a flat roof and long glass front
Wharton TX City Hall.jpg by Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 4.0. Used in ch. 26.
Ripe rice field near El Campo during the July 2020 harvest, under a big sky with white clouds
20200724-NRCS-LSC-0536-Rice Harvesting.jpg by USDAgov · Public domain. Used in ch. 28.
Snow on a rooftop parking deck in Houston at night during the February 2021 freeze, under a streetlight
Snow Thunder Storm. February 15, 2021. Houston, TX.jpg by Ed Schipul · CC BY 2.0. Used in ch. 30.
Close view of dry clay soil split into wide cracks in a patchy lawn
2018-04-15 15 31 57 Dry, cracked soil in a lawn along Franklin Farm Road (Virginia State Route 6819) in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia.jpg by Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0. Used in ch. 31.
White well casing with a bolted cap and conduit standing on a concrete pad in the mowed yard of a brick ranch house, flat fields and a tree behind
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 6.
Clear-top black backwater valve on a sewer pipe inside a round green access box set in the lawn beside a house
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 10.
A brass ball valve with a red lever on the water supply pipe where it rises from the ground and enters a brick house wall
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 13.
A plain softener resin tank and black brine tank beside an electric water heater in a garage, with a dried mud line on the walls and tanks
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 19.
Cold water running from a chrome faucet into a white farmhouse kitchen sink, glass pitcher on the counter, flat fields through the window
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 20.
A hand filling a clear sample bottle with a blank label under an indoor kitchen faucet with its aerator removed
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 22.
Two round green septic lids in a soggy back lawn covered by a sheet of standing rainwater, house corner and flat land behind
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 23.
Small bathroom with the lower drywall cut out to the studs, white tub and toilet, a bucket, scrub brush and yellow rubber gloves on the wet tile floor
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 24.
Front yard of a brick ranch house seen from the road: a green meter box lid by the ditch and a white sewer cleanout cap sticking up from the lawn near the driveway
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 27.
Tank water heater standing in a metal drain pan on a plywood deck in an attic, a white drain pipe from the pan, insulation and rafters around it
AI-generated picture made for this book; not a photograph of a real house. Used in ch. 29.