Quote:I do not understand, for the life of me, how some people chose to stay in their homes with how this hurricane was being covered.

Some had no choice.

I recall one over-indulged Louisiana bitch telling a newsman during Katrina "why didn't they go to their 'summer homes?'

(August 29, 2017 at 2:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:I do not understand, for the life of me, how some people chose to stay in their homes with how this hurricane was being covered.

Some had no choice.

I recall one over-indulged Louisiana bitch telling a newsman during Katrina "why didn't they go to their 'summer homes?'

I know some had no choice. You left out the entire rest of my post where I expanded on that.

Large numbers of folks, even ones with good jobs, have no savings for any kind of an emergency. Living paycheck to paycheck there isn't much resources to throw at a problem that arises.

(August 29, 2017 at 2:39 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Large numbers of folks, even ones with good jobs, have no savings for any kind of an emergency. Living paycheck to paycheck there isn't much resources to throw at a problem that arises.

I can relate. We live paycheck to paycheck and sometimes there is more month left at the end of our money.

(August 29, 2017 at 2:17 pm)Nymphadora Wrote:

(August 27, 2017 at 9:08 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: News is reporting two deaths near Corpus and hundreds of high-water rescues in Houston.

What a damn shame. I really feel for those who had no choice but to stay.

I do not understand, for the life of me, how some people chose to stay in their homes with how this hurricane was being covered. People knew what was going to happen. Evacuation orders were announced. There was time to get shit together and get the hell out. And if they say they don't watch the news, then all they had to do was look around them and see people boarding up windows, buying up supplies, packing their cars, etc.

Addressing only the people who stayed through choice, not through lack of ability to leave point:

They stay for the same reason they piss and moan about the news "fear mongering" about the upcoming snow storm or schools proactively closing and then the storm arrives and there's three arrant flakes of snow.  "What was all the talk about? PSH! The fake news is at it again!"  And then when a snow storm arrives and way worse than predicted they piss and moan about how they should have known this was coming and should have shut down schools ahead of time and should have had all the snow plow trucks ready or should have salted the roads....

It's people being completely unaware of the hindsight bias.

(August 29, 2017 at 12:48 am)Minimalist Wrote: This story - from a year before Harvey - discusses the same issues. 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2...texas.html

Quote:Historic Deluge Hits Texas. Houston, You Have a Problem

You would think that knowing the problem and the geology they would be more inclined to make water control a priority not less.

However, lets be serious, we all know that the bankers who get rich off these projects all live on high ground and don't give a flying fuck about any one else.

So it's turning out like Katrina. Republitraitor state government warned well ahead of time about looming environmental disaster. Republitraitor state government do fuck all. Disaster hits and lots of poor folks (especially blacks) get a lot pooerer and/or die. Republitraitor president passes over disaster area simply to shit on the poor peole, and republitraitor politicians and donorscheer and whoop as they get richer off the disaster.

How much longer of this blatant treason and hatred for the US by republitraitors before Americans rise up against their opressors?

In 2011, we had enough warning time for the flood, and the area affected, while very long, was quite narrow. Folks had time to load up all their stuff and 'head for the hills'. My farm is high enough we had folks farther out on the Missouri bottoms store farm equipment here. A friend of ours was going to bring his camper here if water threatened his location, and I had a full camper hook up ready (electricity, sewer and water) but fortunately he was fine where he was.

In Houston, where's the nearby high ground? Where's the nearby areas not under water or threatening to flood? Where's the nearby areas able to absorb large numbers of folks displaced by the water? And they didn't have the lead time we did either.

Anybody posted the Joel Osteen/Lakewood Church lack of action during this?

http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/pastor-oste...ng-crisis/

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-new...vey-relief

Quote: "Lakewood Church is prepared to step in when shelters are unable to provide aid."

Remarkable christian values.

(August 29, 2017 at 7:04 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Anybody posted the Joel Osteen/Lakewood Church lack of action during this?

http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/pastor-oste...ng-crisis/

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-new...vey-relief

Quote: "Lakewood Church is prepared to step in when shelters are unable to provide aid."

Remarkable christian values.

He can't be bothered to help while seeking shelter in his comfy 10 MILLION DOLLAR mansion. Compliments of all of the "worshipers" who he conned money off of. 

Isn't god great?

(August 29, 2017 at 2:32 pm)Nymphadora Wrote:

(August 29, 2017 at 2:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Some had no choice.

I recall one over-indulged Louisiana bitch telling a newsman during Katrina "why didn't they go to their 'summer homes?'

I know some had no choice. You left out the entire rest of my post where I expanded on that.

But it doesn't matter.  The vast number lack the resources to do anything else but sit there and take it.  That's the bottom line.  If you had someplace to put them, how do you evacuate 5 million people in 48 hours?  This thing strengthened heavily as it approached the coast.