#34 Bob Olson uses a kayak on flooded Empress Drive near Edgebrook after heavy rains in Houston, Texas, May 3, 1981.

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#34 Bob Olson uses a kayak on flooded Empress Drive near Edgebrook after heavy rains in Houston, Texas, May 3, 1981.

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#34 Bob Olson uses a kayak on flooded Empress Drive near Edgebrook after heavy rains in Houston, Texas, May 3, 1981.

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