It seems to me that people in certain areas...that knew from past experience they would get hit..should have evacuated.
But then I am not an evacuation expert..just someone who had flood waters to the top of my rental car engine in a houston hurricane.
>>Much better to shelter in place.
Sometimes the “shelters” get submerged by the floods or blown away along with their contents.
AM, you don’t move ‘em all. You move the folks at high risk for flooding and those who can’t take care of themselves.
Parts of Houston are flooding, but there is a lot of Houston that is doing just fine (at least right now).
Not a fan of Sylvester Turner, but he has been out all night, bringing food to his workers, coordinating with the county in a way never done before. Plenty to criticize on policies, but he’s doing everything reasonable to respond to Harvey.
At the county level, county commissioner Cagel (Republican) has been helping around the clock as well. He has spent a shift answering the pct 4 help line, been out with the road crew to have eyes on the situation (doing work, not a sight seeing tour).
The Houston area leadership seems to be putting aside the party differences to deal with Harvey. It is the right thing to do.
Agreed, Aggie Mama. And I speak as someone (like you) who is sitting in Houston worried about the outcome of the flooding.