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08-27-2017, 01:47 PM
Houston is so big it is impossible to evacuate for anything. People have to wait it out. Damn those old people are in some deep shit.
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08-27-2017, 02:49 PM
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08-27-2017, 03:15 PM
Man, that pic of buffalo bayou...that used to be my old hood. Wish all the Houston members the best.
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08-28-2017, 01:29 PM
Surprised there's only 30k in shelters, 450k 'victims' reported displaced. There's millions of people in that area.
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08-28-2017, 03:33 PM
Two Drudge headlines:
Why wasn't city evacuated?
First Orders Given Days After Told People to Stay...
Compare this to the scrutiny GW got, and continues to get, after Hurricane Katrina.
Now understand, the reason I noticed at all is because I get annoyed with any blame placed on "the people in charge". What annoyed me about Katrina was how everyone pointed the finger at some higher up (in that case GW). As if it's anyone's responsibility except your own, to watch hurricanes when you live on the ocean below sea level. Oh, you didn't realize the potential danger? Sorry. You should. I live in the north, and if I don't understand that I could freeze to death without power in the winter, too bad for me.
So one little line is fine. I'm ok with one little headline, why didn't they evacuate. That's how it should be. Terrible disaster, natural, couldn't be stopped...and *maybe* we made the wrong decision, in hindsight 20/20.
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08-28-2017, 05:08 PM
Didn't Houston get fucked over last time with evacuations? Gridlock was so bad people got caught in cars when the storm started to hit, folks for desperate and started doing U-Turns driving against traffic in the medians and roughed to escape the traffic?
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08-28-2017, 05:20 PM
You can't order ~5 million people to evacuate and not expect gridlock, shortages, and chaos to ensue.
Follow up - where are 5 million people going to go 'for a couple of days?'
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08-28-2017, 05:44 PM
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08-29-2017, 07:56 AM
Is the MSM reporting on the looters chasing the Cajun Navy away? I'm not seeing it.
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08-29-2017, 08:57 AM
I'm seeing some chatter about Joel Osteen not opening his church for flood victims. News outlets are putting a slant on it like he was at the door turning people away.
Anyone know the real story ?
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08-29-2017, 09:47 AM
Quote: (08-29-2017 08:57 AM)Sam Malone Wrote:
I'm seeing some chatter about Joel Osteen not opening his church for flood victims. News outlets are putting a slant on it like he was at the door turning people away.
Anyone know the real story ?
Twitter users are trying to make it sound like they guilt tripped him into opening the doors. Reading between the media lines it sounded like he waited until he was sure the dindunuffins were not going to loot the place before he decided to open it up.
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08-29-2017, 12:06 PM
Just dropping in to send my good vibes to the people of Texas (especially forum members) affected by the Hurricane and the resulting flooding in Houston. Texans and Albertans often share a similar worldview, so I'm confident things will work out alright.
That said, I was still a lurker on here in 2013 when Calgary was underwater and as terrible as it was here it wasn't even half as bad as things look in Houston.
Stay safe.
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08-29-2017, 12:57 PM
Even though people are saying evacuation was unrealistic for Houston, the people of the area don't seem to think so. The mayor is gone next election.
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08-29-2017, 01:02 PM
I like how the weather girls advice for everyone in this time of crisis is "Download our app!"
Good luck to everyone out there though. Be safe.
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08-29-2017, 02:29 PM
News is saying that water is pouring over the levees now, which can erode them to the point of fully breaking. Shit could get alot worse.
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08-29-2017, 03:29 PM
CNN posts article saying Trump is bad for visiting Texas.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/opinions/i...index.html
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Every helicopter supporting a Trump visit to Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey is a helicopter not picking survivors off rooftops.
Because Marine One fucking does rescue missions.
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It is particularly arresting after he credited the expected ratings boost from hurricane coverage with providing the right forum for his Friday night pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. So there is reason to be skeptical about his motivation for the visit.
A president visiting a serious disaster zone isn't to show support and improve morale, its clearly a political ploy. Unless its Obama or Clinton, of course.
I don't know why I keep trolling myself and visiting CNN... its really bad for my blood pressure.
At least they got the photo right, although I'm sure it was just to trigger leftists by showing him holding a southern state's flag:
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