COLDSPRING, Texas – In some parts of Coldspring, just south of Lake Livingston, the water is still too high for people to return home.
This has forced some residents to rely on the kindness of others.
That kindness is coming in the form of two brothers and their drone.
He was in the right place at the right time. Brett Foisie was about to put his drone in the sky when a man pulled up. His concern was whether or not his home was underwater.
Foisie and his brother co-founded Drone Bros.
“So before the flood we did aerial photography and real estate photography. And then we started doing like telemetry data, lidar scans and stuff. And then, we’ve just kind of grown from there. I think every month we evolve into something new, and now they want to. We’re like storm chasers in a sense. So it’s pretty, it’s definitely devastating. You see a lot of face to face with, with the people who have lost everything. And it’s a little bit heartbreaking,” said Foisie.
They share what they find on their social media pages.
“I’ve taken pictures and we post everything. The Drone Bros, via Facebook, all socials, basically TikTok, Instagram, YouTube. So we post everything we can out there and we just throw it out to the world and let them see,” he said.
The plan is to simply help others figure out what kind of conditions their home or belongings are in.
The drone makes it possible to get into even the most difficult places.
“It’s the right thing to do. So we get back to a lot of the community with, the companies that we own here in this town, and we try. And, I mean, these people need help and if we can help them, we’re going to. And that’s just part of us, who we are, who we are as Christians. So we go to First Baptist here in Livingston, and we devote a lot of time there. So we devote a lot of time to our communities. And I think the surrounding areas too. It’s important,” said Foisie.
To put things into perspective, the Huntsville Municipal Airport, west of Lake Livingston, has recorded nearly 16 inches of rain over the last five days. That’s the second highest five-day rainfall total ever recorded in the area.
The most was during Harvey, which dropped more than 19 inches on Huntsville over five days.