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Its massive evacuation! My mom still has a sister there and every time we visit its flooding all the time there. This was 3 weeks ago from a tropical depression with a 4-7 inch rain storm in a few hours.
That's what I figured. Very easy for places that don't get 50" of rain in a couple days tell you how you should have dealt with it.
I at least agree that good planning is needed especially in a place like Houston that is vulnerable to these events. But after having spent 10 years in Texas, I do have confidence that they will do better than most would with a hazard like this.
My main thought is that this is a ridiculous accusation. Anyone who didn't know a hurricane was coming, and that it was going to be bad, had to be living under a rock.
^floridanative10 the point of this thread is to point out how unprepared Houston and Texas is for events like this.
Our state of Florida is better prepared.
unprepared? whose fault is that? i am listening to the news right now about harvey, and some lady said that an evecuation order should have been given. my question to her, and anyone else that was waiting for an evacuation order, is, "why didnt you make plans to evacuate voluntarily when the weather service was telling everyone that this storm would be dumping 50" of rain on houston over a period of three days?"
not only was the weather service sounding the alarms, they were even telling people to GET OUT. they also told people WHEN the storm would be hitting.
if these people had a lick of sense, they would have been gone well before the storm hit, and would have waited out the storm before going back and starting salvage operations.
as much as i denigrate the weather reporters for ignorance, when severe weather warnings hit, i do take heed of them, even here in tucson.
My main thought is that this is a ridiculous accusation. Anyone who didn't know a hurricane was coming, and that it was going to be bad, had to be living under a rock.
Friends in Austin tell us it was on constantly. I can't imagine Houston would be any different.
But how in the hell do you evacuate 6 million people?
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