With Richard Spencer’s threatening near-visit to UF, the solar eclipse, “Turlington Dancer” Dennis Kane getting banned from UF, the fight, and classes gearing into full swing once Syllabus Week came to an end, the Category 4 Hurricane in Texas may not be the first thing on your mind.

But you have probably heard plenty about it over the last few days and can expect to hear more.

Damaged home in Rockport Texas (CNN)

Barreling into coastal Texas city of Rockport on Friday, August 25 evening, Hurricane Harvey blew out the windows of cars, snapped trees and utility poles in half, ripped off walls and roofs, and shot at speeds of 130 miles per hour. Harvey continued to Houston, where flooding rose to about 25 inches, with another 2 feet expected to come.

As flooding persisted, water engulfed major highways, leaving vehicles underwater and people stranded. Mayor Sylvester Turner opened Houston’s convention center to residents left homeless by the storm and emergency services searched for more people at risk.

Houston Independent School District (ISD), the seventh-largest school district in America, canceled school until September 5. Not only did Harvey slam through large populations and cities, it endangered clean drinking water, energy, crops, flight industries, and livestock as well, as all activities were halted for the next several days. Numerous homes—if they managed to hold together during Harvey’s wrath—experienced total blackout and power outages, with people being rushed to shelters.

Some even compared Hurricane Harvey to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Yet somehow Harvey’s destruction managed to draw not only Texas, but America, together. People with kayaks or canoes pulled others from flooded homes and submerged streets.

In fact, my aunt was actually rescued by her friend and brought to a shelter. Others helped nursing home residents to safety.

A Houston pastor waded chest-deep in water, checking cars to make sure no one was drowning inside. Anheuser-Busch in Georgia paused beer production to produce over 50,000 cans of emergency drinking water, which were shipped to areas expected to have a shortage of clean drinking water. The Cajun Navy, formed by volunteer boaters in response to Hurricane Katrina, rushed from Louisiana to Texas.

A Sheriff in Cypress, Texas rescues 2 children from their flooded home.

For those of you who live in or have family and/or friends in Texas, please reach out to them. And even if you do not know anyone in Texas, pray for victims of this drastic storm, as it is part of our responsibility as Americans, as University of Florida students, to be there for others in need.

Here’s how you can help Texas.