I am NOT a Joel fan but this is over the top. IIRC, a facility must be certified/approved before flinging open their doors to be a shelter.
Drudge’s fault. He put the link up as a headline and it took off everywhere after that. Since Olsteen is such low hanging fruit, it was easy to get on the bandwagon.
Much is being waived by the Governor’s office. Osteen is approved. At this point, volunteering is quite enough in a catastrophe with life threatening waters rising.
Probably, he should have joined in pre-hurricane planning and offered his space, like everyone else who wanted to engage in preparation, making it known voluntarily to both officials and the public.
By now Osteen knows Event Planning-101. Words for prayers sometimes must meet action, when lives matter and time is short.
He goofed this one.
The MSM and social media were all over Olsteen for not opening the doors. Most of the criticism probably came from those who had no clue what the criteria is for opening said doors.
Many here were judging Olsteen for not opening them.