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Dear Lester Holt and any other newscaster that feels the need to criticize our governor and/or mayors:
We are a big, big city. We have twice as many people in Houston than you have in Manhattan. We are 2200 square miles big. We are experiencing what could possibly be the worse storm in history. Our roads are flooded, our houses are under siege and there is no end in sight for the next couple of days. We don’t need you or any other liberal newscaster coming down here to try to stir things up. Evacuation decisions were made to try to keep the roads open for coastal residents who had to evacuate. With this historic flooding, Texans are bringing their boats into the city to help get fellow Texans to safety. We aren’t looking to affix blame, we are trying to survive and help one another. If you aren’t here to help, get the hell out. We don’t need your petty, snarky comments meant to sow seeds of division. We don’t operate that way down here and we don’t like people that do.
Sincerely,
The Great State of Texas and Houstonians
No one is questioning the Governor or the mayors of other cities that made the right decision.
Only the Mayor of Houston and his staff.
Amen. I am listening to local coverage all day. It is informative and helpful. As soon as they cut to national coverage I have to change the station. National leads off with “The flooding in Houston and who’s to blame!” and I want to throw something at the TV. We can take care of ourselves without the national stir-it-up. I have not seen a person yet who has been anything but grateful and none of them blamed city and county officials. We accept responsibility for our actions, staying or evacuating, and say thanks for the help when it is offered. I am in the unincorporated part of Harris County, near the Montgomery County line and we have many flooded creeks around us. I picked a house in a neighborhood that was elevated with adequate detention and retention ponds, so our home is dry. What I haven’t seen mentioned is the awesome job the utilities companies are doing keeping the lights on. Very few outages considering the large population.