As Tropical Storm Harvey continued to wreak havoc on Texas Sunday, one photo of a battered, but still standing, Whataburger sign has come to take on a meaning of resilience to the thousands who shared the photo on social media.
Around 1 p.m. CDT, a Facebook user shared a Snapchat photo of a torn Whataburger sign with the caption “Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.”
A quick perusal through the comments shows that the photo might have originated from another user on Snapchat, and is a photo of the Whataburger at 4545 Violet Road in Corpus Christi.
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According to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the city wasn't hit as hard by Harvey as other cities close by, but the impact of "downed trees and power lines, broken and twisted signs, debris in the roadway, widespread power outrages and some partially torn roofs" was still felt.
As of late Sunday night, the Whataburger sign photo had been shared on Facebook more than 25,000 times and had garnered almost 4,000 reactions.
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Many people equated the Whataburger orange and white with Texas pride, and others took it as a sign of the Texan spirit of resilience.
While the photo is meant to be lighthearted, Harvey is far from over. While the Austin metro area isn't supposed to see much more rain in the next few days, the tropical storm is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico around Matagorda Bay by Monday evening before moving back toward to the southeast Texas coast on Tuesday into Wednesday.
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