Seriously, there are FLOOD PLAIN MAPS of Houston.
Everytime it rains, they know EXACTLY where it is going to flood. They know it so well the media stations themselves there to take the dramatic pictures. Sunday morning, guess what, we know where the water is, we are right there.
When the NWS and Army Corp of Engineers says this will be CATASTROPHIC, NEVER SEEN BEFORE flooding, start there. Move those people out. If the flooding continues, move more people out.
Instead, they waited until houses were under water to start pulling elderly out of homes.
I would much rather move them out of homes on buses, little road trip, instead of carrying them through feces and chemical laden water.
Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday?
If you were mayor, on what day would YOU have started? How far away was Harvey on that day, what was its status, and what would YOU have said to justify your action on THAT day?
Feel free to browse the news sites for what they were reporting on THAT day, and explain if you think you would have been in the mainstream, a "boy crying wolf," or an influential leader moving an unaware city to act.
-PJ