The reason it doesn’t add up for the author is necause the don’t nothin’ ‘ bout emergency management.
Public schools are designed to be emergency centers, churches are not.
The schools are known to a rather detailed degree. We know how many people they can host for a period of time. Based on this number we also know:
how much food will be consumed.
how much clothing will be needed,
how many volunteers will be needed,
how much sanitation supplies are needed and what kind.
how many meals their kitchens can produce running 24/7
they know when each truck has to arrive and unload.
The churches roles are:
Sending volunteers to man the emergency centers,
Sending goods to the emergency centers.
Sending money to orgs that will use it to take care of people.
The churches do a spectacular job. We had three families go in together and a large amount of goods were delivered to our church. The goods are most likely on their way to an emergency center or being given out to local families who need help.
So Joel gets a pass on this. His people are volunteering for the centers, probably running boats, and generally doing a bang up job.
Emergency response is a science. We use satellite photos, a large network of human intel and many, many volunteers,
It's not what most people think it is. More like a military operation. A very large one.
I’ve been up for several days fighting this storm in various ways. We don’t need Joel Osteen or Sylvester Turner or any other SOB to help those around us or ourselves. With that said we will take all the help we can get from anyone we can get it from. Screw anyone that bashes anyone who throws in to help in any way they can anytime they can. Double screw any moron who lays blame on any human for this event of nature.
Say what you want about Osteen but he has done good deeds in the past. Kudos to Jim Macinvale, JJ Watt and the other well known folks that are helping people. Rich guys that care are welcomed but the real heros are the good old boys who risked their lives and jacked up trucks or their boats to help people they never met and likely will never see again. God bless the rednecks, the black dudes, the Hispanic guys, the mellinials from mid town and the list goes on. Churches, veterans, the Marines I met today, the cops, the fire fighters and some nutcase in a Unimog who thought he could go anywhere no matter how deep the water was to pull people out.
FYI, Osteen’s place was affected by the water. Not that I give a $hit.
Either get in the mud and help or shut up!
I’m going to pass out now.
Fake Osteen. And that smile too.