[where's_the_Outrage?]

God has a purpose that I do not understand. But I believe in God. God bless the Toddler.

[Mr. K]

Media blaming Trump yet?

[Kickass Conservative]

I hope the poor Woman wasn’t wearing Stiletto Heels.

If she was, the Liberals would say she deserved it.

[Alberta's Child]

Anyone who believes that the mayor of Houston should have ordered the evacuation of the city (or even just sections of it) should realize that this scene would likely have been multiplied thousands of times if a mass evacuation had been ordered.

[Gene Eric]

Both a tragedy and miracle.

[adorno]

Seems like that mother was holding her daughter up, even from the beyond.

The love of a mother. No other kind of love can even compare.

[blam]

Beaumont is about a 1.5 hour drive directly east on I-10 from Houston.

[PGR88]

When the water recedes, all kinds of horrors will be revealed.

This storm is also going to be by far the most expensive ever. Its going to become a budget and political football for years to come.

[DoughtyOne]

God did not cause this.

[Salvation]

What a sad story.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

So sad. She probably should have stayed in the office park. Of course we all have done something similar at least once, i.e. venture out when bad rain/snow/tornado/ice/hurricanes/wildfire were forecast. We always think "won't happen to me!"

Yep, in the stupidity of youth I was a prime offender.
 

[SomeCallMeTim]

Heartbreaking story... just gut wrenching.

[gaijin]

How do we know they were white..?

because that story is sad and we have seen no photos of it.

if they were Mexican or Muslim, photos of that would be plastered everywhere and you can be sure blame would somehow be laid at the stiletto heeled feet of the Trump family.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Very heart-rending, but ultimately, happily, she achieved her primary objective successfully.

[Mysonsrdoctors]

Bless this mother that saved her child.

[jumpingcholla34]

God bless this mother and her child.

I was stationed for a few years at the Air Force Survival School. We used to teach the aircrews the first rule of survival: Unless you have a damned good reason to move (and sometimes you might), stay where you are and let the rescuers find you.

[Wuli]

straight north on rt 96 and about six miles out of Beaumont it branches into rt 96 and rt 287. An evacuation command issued early enough was possible to execute and likely would have saved lives - moving many evacuees north of the worst rains before they hit.