An Unexpected Impact Of Harvey: Hundreds Of Damaged Clocks In For Repair

We take a look at how one shop is still repairing ‘Harvey clocks,’ nearly a year after the storm.

By Allison LeeAugust 21, 2018 9:30 am, , , ,

From Houston Public Media:

In the neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Harvey, residents tell of how eerily quiet things got in the weeks and months afterward. So many homes were unlivable, so there were a lot fewer people. But, in hundreds of those homes, there was something else that went silent.

Old clocks.

It turns out, a lot of people flooded by Harvey owned them. And many ended up at Chappell Jordan Clock Galleries. Located in the River Oaks area, the shop dubs itself as the largest clock store in the South

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