His first two solo albums outside of his success with the underground Houston rap group Geto Boys-1991’s Mr. Scarface is a writer who writes about death, and by 1994, the rapper born Brad Jordan was figuring out the type of solo artist he could be for years to come. Rather, that you cut through the mess and define death not only by the person but by the people who perhaps loved that person and by the people who sit in that person’s old room, dressed in their old clothes. If you are going to be a writer who writes about death, I only ask that you honor the fullness of loss and the space left by loss. On October 18th, as the rains persisted but weakened, Scarface released his third album, The Diary, into a world where no one in his home city could safely get to the store and hold it in their hands. It’s the difference between someone might not survive this and there are people to be buried now. There is ruin, and a cloud of silence-more about a confirmation of what has happened than a signaling of what is coming.
The calm after the storm is the one that is eerie. To talk about the calm which comes after a turbulent moment makes for a less romantic cliche. Children went missing and others drowned.įor anyone who has been through a vicious cycle of weather, it is known that there is a calm directly after the storm, too. More rivers and creeks swelled, forcing people from their homes, or to the tops of buildings. Upper Cypress Creek, Spring Creek, and Lake Creek were all subject to endless rainfall, with the flood claiming 17 lives and shutting down Houston and surrounding cities for days. The city of Houston got almost a foot of water, which was mild compared to surrounding areas. On the west and east banks of the San Jacinto, the waters rose and spilled over. On October 15th, 1994, a series of unique meteorological events joined hands before heading towards Houston, causing the largest rain event in the city’s history. The San Jacinto River in Houston is no different. There is the fact of rivers-how when water falls, they can only hold so much of their kin close to their bodies before they open their arms and let the waters run free into somewhere, anywhere.
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