Posted on 08/27/2017 7:51:55 PM PDT by Rusty0604
An unidentified reporter approached a man as he began putting his boat into the flooded river that yesterday was an interstate highway. The Independent Journal Review reports he asked the man, “You guys here to help out?” The man responded “Yessir!”
He then asked the man what he “is about to do.” The man responded, “I’m gonna go try to save some lives.” He then went on about his business of doing good for the flood victims in the Houston area.
It appears the reporter was not from Houston, as a Texan would likely have asked, “What are you fixin to do?”
In another video shown on Fox News, a Good Samaritan waded into a flooded roadway to rescue three people in distress.
Former Dallas Quarterback “Dandy Don” Merideth reportedly once said, “Never ask a man if he is from Texas. If he is, he’ll tell you. If he isn’t, don’t embarrass him.”
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Doesn’t sound like the mayor of Houston put his shoulder to the wheel.
That dude looks like he could carry a family out while still IN their house.
That was great. Do what you can, but do it!
Lol
If the reporter is a Texan he would have said;
“Can I help?” And done so.
True.
As opposed to,
God bless Texans! You don’t see Louisiana offering to bus a bunch of hood rats back to the Superdome, do you?
On Being from Texas...
When you’re from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like,
“Do you have any cows?” “Do you have horses?”
“Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?”
They all want to know if you’ve been to Southfork.
They watched Dallas.
Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just
for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It’s Texas.
Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a
picture of Texas in the dirt and he’ll know what it is.
What happens if I show you a picture of any other state?
You’ll get it maybe after a second, but who else would?
Even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?
In every man, woman and child on this little rock the
Good Lord put us on, there is a person who wishes just once
he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride in a pickup.
There is some bit of Texas in everyone.
Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go,
“Wow...so you’re from Iowa?
Cool, tell me about it?” Do you know why?
Because there’s no place like Texas.
Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing
thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of freedom.
We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and
James Bowie and David Crockett and do you know why?
Because those men saw a line in the sand and they
decided to cross it and be heroes.
John Wayne paid to do the movie himself.
That is the Spirit of Texas.
Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto.
Texas is Juneteenth and Texas Independence Day.
Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the
Davy Crockett National Forest.
Texas is breathtaking mountains in Big Bend.
Texas is shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.
Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork.
Texas is Mexican food like nowhere in the world, even Mexico.
Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards and the Bass Hall.
Texas is larger-than-life legends like Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly,
Earl Campbell and Nolan Ryan, Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, Sam Rayburn, George Bush, and George W. Bush.
Texas is great companies like Dell Computer and Compaq.
Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.
Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and
prairies, and modern cities.
WHEN WE CAME ON...
Texas was its own country. The Republic of Texas.
Every time I think of that I tear up.
It makes you proud to be a Texan!
If you are a REAL TEXAN, ...
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You’ve had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
3. Stores don’t have bags; they have sacks.
4. Stores don’t have shopping carts; they have buggies.
5. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in
it no matter what time of the year.
6. You use “fix” as a verb. Example: I am fixin’ to go to the store.
7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, flower, or animal.
8. You install security lights on your house and
garage and leave both unlocked.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.
10. You know what “cow tipping” and “snipe-hunting” are.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
12. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
14. The local papers covers national and international news on one page
but requires 6 pages for football and hockey.
15. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
16. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
17. You find 90 degrees F “a little warm,”
18. You know all four seasons:
Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.
19. You know whether another Texan is from southern, middle, or
northern Texas as soon as they open their mouth.
20. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with
a population of 500 or more.
21. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known
as “goin wal-martin” or off to “Wally World”
22. You describe the first cool snap
(below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
23. A carbonated soft drink isn’t a soda, cola, or pop ... it’s a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.
24. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends no
matter where they live in case they are planning to visit.
A wise man once said, “Never ask a man where he’s from;
if he’s from Texas, he WILL tell you.
If not, there’s no need to embarrass him!”...
There’s hundreds of Louisiana good old boys already in Texas with their boats and equipment helping rescue those stranded in high water. The Cajun Navy was already loading up and rolling before this thing made landfall. I’m seeing people from out in West Texas who dropped everything and headed that way. The demand for electricians is going to be incredible. Our national guard is already there and troops from Ft Hood and Bliss are gearing up. Back to Louisiana! Don’t paint them all with the same brush. Louisiana Coon Ass’s are not what we seen in New Orleans, not by a long shot. The Butt’s family (Owners of HEB) have set up mobile kitchens in several area’s to feed those working rescue. It’s amazing watching all this come together. Only problem is this thing is far from over. Last I seen Harvey was working it’s way back to the gulf. Once it get’s over water it’s going to recharge and come back again, maybe farther north. Nobody really knows right now.
One great thing about this country, the worst of times tends to bring out the best in people.
Good story. Why don’t these governors make evacuation MANDATORY, instead of stay at your own risk? Charge the people that are stupid with the cost of rescue if they are not home bed ridden people. Every PD should have a list of such people and make sure they are evacuated.
>Good story. Why don’t these governors make evacuation MANDATORY, instead of stay at your own risk?
Because they didn’t want a traffic jam. Traditionally asking people to think about leaving results in a lot of people leaving, but not all at once. However in this case the Mayor of city screwed them over.
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