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BREAKING: Houston Mayor Has Vanished!
RedStateWatcher ^ | August 27, 2017

Posted on 08/28/2017 4:19:09 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Despite repeated attempts, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has reported that he has been unable to reach Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. Abbott has called Turner's cell phone "several times" to offer aid and whatever he may need in this time of crisis.

(Excerpt) Read more at redstatewatcher.com ...


TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; houston; houstonmayor; hurricaneharvey; mia; sylvesterturner
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To: CatOwner

He did but his reasoning was trying to evacuate would clog the roads.


21 posted on 08/28/2017 4:29:48 PM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Does he have a safe somewhere in the flood zone he needs to clean out?


22 posted on 08/28/2017 4:30:11 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: PJ-Comix

I Gotta Go Pee!!


23 posted on 08/28/2017 4:30:36 PM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: PJ-Comix

Marion Barry during a DC snow storm with all the snow plows broken got on an airplane and went to the Caribbean, stating “God put the snow there, God can take it away.”


24 posted on 08/28/2017 4:30:47 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: CatOwner
In all honesty, he didn't really have a choice with 5 million people. They only realistically had between Wednesday and Friday to evacuate, and everyone was treating Wednesday like a normal workday.

It wasn't until Thursday that the storm rapidly increased in strength. I believe that if they tried to start an evacuation on Thursday, it would have been like the Roman chariots in the Red Sea from the movie The Ten Commandments. Cars would have been bumper-to-bumper on the freeways when the water came.

-PJ

25 posted on 08/28/2017 4:32:13 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Fire ants looking for the mayor.


26 posted on 08/28/2017 4:35:48 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: PJ-Comix

Reverse Ray to N.O.!


27 posted on 08/28/2017 4:37:12 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: PJ-Comix

Sleeping.


28 posted on 08/28/2017 4:39:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ConservativeMind
It's not realistic to evacuate, Harris County has a population of around 10 million people. How do you do that, put them all on the bogged down roads to possibly die in their vehicles. The best place to be is in your home and ride it out. As a Houston resident, I'm am absolutley proud of the people in my city. Also proud of the out of town people that drove here in blinding rain to get here and help.

There are several other surrounding counties with several million people, can you just imagine how devastating an evacuation would have been.

I saw a lot of this storm first hand.

29 posted on 08/28/2017 4:41:08 PM PDT by Bayou City
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To: PJ-Comix

The guy’s been 24/7 since Thursday based on TV appearances. Perhaps he hit the wall.


30 posted on 08/28/2017 4:41:23 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: JoeProBono

31 posted on 08/28/2017 4:42:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: CatOwner

I just can’t believe Houston never came up with an evacuation plan since the 2005 debacle.. South Carolina had similar situation in 1999 with attempted evacuation of Charleston that was a disaster. But this last falls Hurricane, a plan was put in place and evacuation was nearly perfect....


32 posted on 08/28/2017 4:42:25 PM PDT by scbison
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To: CatOwner

A day or so before the hurricane arrived, I heard a report that the Houston mayor wasn’t ordering evacuation. Apparently he thought it needed to be coordinated or it would just make things worse. So why didn’t he coordinate one or at least order evacuation of nursing homes and the like? What are the chances the media will question a Democrat if they can somehow push the blame up to the Republican governor? I’m pretty sure they’re working on how to spin the facts to fit their narrative.


33 posted on 08/28/2017 4:44:13 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Robert357

“Probably running for the hills to avoid being in town when Trump arrives. I am sure if he is around when Trump arrives, he will be required to be present at the President’s press conference and he doesn’t want to be seen with the President.”

Saving the lives of citizens and their property when reality strikes is tougher than removing evil confederate statues and other left wing bs.


34 posted on 08/28/2017 4:45:21 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: PJ-Comix

The mayor is probably busy rescuing his own property and valuables and not currently answering the phone.

Seems to me that many areas are without power and cell phone coverage may not be working in many areas.

Plenty of reasons he could be out of touch. I don’t think aliens took him away in a UFO.


35 posted on 08/28/2017 4:45:22 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: TigerClaws
He’s on ABC right now live.

... and so much for the premise of this article. The premise is trounced like a MSM reporter at a Trump news conference.

36 posted on 08/28/2017 4:45:49 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: DannyTN

“Yes, the Republican governor said they should probably evacuate. That he would if he lived there.
The Democrat Mayor and the Republican judge over emergency services told them to stay put.”

I’m a conservative; I think the Mayor should have advised those who have a place to go to do so. But, requiring a mandatory evacuation of 4M people would have been a catastrophe.


37 posted on 08/28/2017 4:47:05 PM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: butlerweave

“Melted ?”

Disappeared in a Sicilinan way I hope.


38 posted on 08/28/2017 4:47:46 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: snoringbear

“I’m a conservative; I think the Mayor should have advised those who have a place to go to do so. But, requiring a mandatory evacuation of 4M people would have been a catastrophe.”

Never should be mandatory. But should have urged splitting. Everyone staying behind is not A catastrophe pilgrim? Tell that to the schmucks and losers on their roofs now.


39 posted on 08/28/2017 4:52:30 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: PJ-Comix

The mayor needs to be recalled sooner rather than later.


40 posted on 08/28/2017 4:56:23 PM PDT by Maudeen (This world is not my home.)
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