claim: A photograph shows an "inflatable dam" holding back the flood waters surrounding a Texas home.
origin: In August 2017, as a devastating hurricane hit Texas, a 2016 image of a Texas home that survived flooding through the use of a dam recirculated, along with the claim that the dam was â€œinflatableâ€: The timing of the posts caused some to wonder the photograph showed flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in late August 2017: Â < I donâ€™t know if this is from #harvey flood but wow: https://t.co/3f4gdpUlsp â€” Jaimy Jones (@Jaimyjones) August 29, 2017 > This image was taken in June 2016 after thousands of homes were evacuated in Brazoria County, Texas, due to a severe flood. In an attempt to protect his home, local resident Randy Wagner purchased an â€œAqua Damâ€ and installed it around his property, a local television station reported at the time: < Of the thousands of homes evacuated and damaged by flooding in Brazoria County, one familyâ€™s home is high and dry on West FM 1462 in Rosharon. Randy WagnerÂ decided to take a chance on something called an Aqua Dam, a product he discovered online. > The product in question is not filled with air, but with water: < He filled up 400 feet of 30 inch high tubes made of plastic and fabric with water. â€œI was the crazy guy. Everybody was kinda going by, laughing at me. But today they are really impressed with this AquaDam,â€ said Wagner. He and his family stayed, waited and watched as the water rose to 27 inches, but never seeped through the barriers. The product cost him money, but he told KHOU 11 News it was well worth his sanity. â€œ$8,300 is to me a small investment on a house that could have two feet of water in it and cost me $150,000 in repairs.â€ he said. > Hereâ€™s a video report from USA Today about Wagner and his house-saving AquaDam: