TEMPE, Ariz. -- Flood water is creeping toward Brittan Golden's house in Katy, Texas, about 20 miles due west of downtown Houston, but there's not much -- if anything -- the Arizona Cardinals wide receiver can do from his home in Phoenix.
"It's tough," Golden said. "Especially when I'm sitting sunny, 110-degree weather and I look back home and all my friends back home are just staring out the windows, just looking at the water creeping up. It's tough."
The flooding is a result of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall this past Friday night, when the Cardinals were in Atlanta, preparing for Saturday's preseason game.
His house is good for now, Golden said. The water was about 8 to 10 feet away from his front door but has completely covered his front lawn and driveway, according to a video he posted on Instagram on Monday morning.
"My whole front street is like a river," Golden said.
Golden evacuated his wife and daughter before the storm hit Friday to his wife's parents' home in Austin, Texas. He said the timing was just right because the streets were still usable and the crowds had yet to start evacuating en masse.
There are three other Cardinals from the Houston area: offensive lineman Givens Price, cornerback Brandon Williams and tight end Ricky Seals-Jones.
Price and Williams said there haven't been any severe issues with either of their homes or their families' homes. Price has experienced hurricanes before, but none of the storms, he said, were as severe as Harvey.
Williams has become accustomed to summer storms in Houston off the Gulf of Mexico but "never this bad."
"It was kind of devastating," Williams said.
Williams, whose family is south of Houston, said their homes haven't experienced any damage yet and haven't lost power. But since they’re safe, he's not overly concerned with their situation.
"I got a job to do," Williams said. "I'm not out there. My family's OK. I mean, I don't really have emotions toward that."
Safety Tyrann Mathieu knows what it's like to have his city flooded after a hurricane.
Mathieu was 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. His family was displaced to Texas for a few months. They returned to find out water had filled nearly the entire first floor of their home.
"It's always tough, always on families who aren't as fortunate," Mathieu said. "Those guys being displaced, it's really taking a burden on them and their families, so all we can do is really donate, help, and ultimately just pray for them."
There'll be a lot of praying going on for the Cardinals who have family and friends in the Houston area as Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical storm, continues to wreak havoc.
"Just praying that the water stops rising," Golden said.
