[Lopeover]

Some people would have gone to other relatives in the state. Elderly could have gone to other nursing homes in the area on higher ground.

[RummyChick]

The owner of this nursing home was told to stay put


Recent tweet from owner family after rescued and safe

[WVMnteer]

Oh, gosh, why didn’t we think of that.

There is no higher ground in Houston. That’s part of the problem.

I know this is sacrosanct, but at some point, this region needs to wake up, institute zoning, and stopped approving every developer with two dollars in his pocket.

We have hundred thousand people living downstream from a damn reservoir. That is insanity. Absolute insanity.

We have developments right against Buffalo Bayou. We have a new development in Katy that was elevated four feet higher than the surrounding ground.

Houston itself is essentially one large concrete pad at this point.

We get massive floods every six months now, because there is no place for the water to go except into a handful of tributaries, and we have houses damn near in the middle of those tributaries.

It’s absolutely bonkers.