[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by wren57

Why is it up to the mayor to tell everyone to get out? Everyone knew what was coming, and they all made the decision to stay or go. If someone is trapped by a giant flood after being warned for over a week that a giant flood is coming, well... too bad. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

Your comments don't even warrant a response. SMFH
But there's always one or two...

[wren57]

"Biblical levels of flooding will occur next week."
"It's cool, we'll stay here."
*flooding commences*
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US TO EVACUATE?!?"

What? People need to learn to be a little more self-reliant.

[Red Bread]

Anyone relying on our stupid governor is bound to be disappointed.

[Captain Blood]

Many reasons not to evacuate.
1. Freeways, especially I-45, would be overloaded beyond capacity. And I highly doubt there is enough gas in local gas stations to get all the people out. Better to ride this out in a house as opposed to a car. See debacle of "Rita" evacuation. Many more people died then than now.
2. Where do they go?
3. Houston floods often. There was no prediction that this would be a 1000 year flood.
Lastly, its easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. I think the Houston mayor did the right thing.

[TXSTYLE]

Such a fitting and needed scripture...

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

[NickyC]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mother of God ..

Absolutely horrific.

[SakhirM4]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

I definitely can understand that. But I clearly remember hearing the words, "catastrophic event for Houston" last week before it started to rain.

I know to evacuate millions of people at once is not ideal. But give folks that option, si that so many don't need to be rescued.
Either way... Prayers been going up for them, and will continue...

No one took away people's option to leave Houston if they wanted to. The Mayor didn't order people to stay and had no legal grounds to do so. Have quite a few friends and family in Houston that left.

[TXSTYLE]

I certainly do not have all the answers. And neither do any of you. I simply say that the more who had could have left, leaves less to have to rescue is my reasoning.

[SakhirM4]

Originally Posted by Red Bread

Anyone relying on our stupid governor is bound to be disappointed.

Well, that was a worthwhile comment in a thread that is concerned with disaster and people's lives. Why do some people convert everything to politics?

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

I definitely can understand that. But I clearly remember hearing the words, "catastrophic event for Houston" last week before it started to rain.

I know to evacuate millions of people at once is not ideal. But give folks that option, si that so many don't need to be rescued.
Either way... Prayers been going up for them, and will continue...

I think everyone had an option to leave. Requiring evacuation means moving people who can't move themselves.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by NickyC

Absolutely horrific.

Poor old people , someone should shoot the caretakers down .

[Red Bread]

Originally Posted by SakhirM4

Well, that was a worthwhile comment in a thread that is concerned with disaster and people's lives. Why do some people convert everything to politics?

People are free to plan on their own. Putting the blame or success on a single politician seems misguided at best.

As already stated, the mayor would certainly be a better source for information than the governor on these matters, but again, individuals are left to make their own decisions based on all of the information they receive.

[gonzo]

Some have their facts missing.

The governor said 'I strongly recommend people in flood prone and low lying areas to leave.'

Here is what he got back.

“LOCAL LEADERS KNOW BEST,” Francisco Sanchez, spokesman for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, tweeted in response to Abbott’s warning. There were no evacuation orders in Houston, and only ones in a few communities in Harris County, Sanchez stressed.
In a follow-up tweet, Sanchez urged residents to heed the advice of local officials like Harris County Judge Ed Emmett and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, rather than Abbott.

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by Red Bread

People are free to plan on their own. Putting the blame or success on a single politician seems misguided at best.

As already stated, the mayor would certainly be a better source for information than the governor on these matters, but again, individuals are left to make their own decisions based on all of the information they receive.

Well it seems like many listened to the better source for information when making their decision, not that it matters at this point.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

I certainly do not have all the answers. And neither do any of you. I simply say that the more who had could have left, leaves less to have to rescue is my reasoning.

You're almost as bad as i am. I already gave huston shit for being built to such a bad location.

The moment you're extremely grateful you didn't say something fundamentally stupid out loud, and then go online and tell people just how fucking stupid a person can be...

Yeah, not my finest hour...

Anyway guys, red cross usa needs donations.

https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurr...mpmedium=aspot

My son donated his allowance. Let's rob other kids too!

[wren57]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Your comments don't even warrant a response. SMFH
But there's always one or two...

I challenge you to match my donation to the Red Cross. $100.

[P1]

Originally Posted by SakhirM4

Have got power and am doing fine. The winds have finally died down and the rain has slowed to a drizzle. Winds and rain are expected to pick back up and continue through most of the week. Lots of flooding around me, but so far we are just wet.

Where in Austin are you that you have lots of flooding around you?

[smrtypants44]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

As I watch all of this epic and devastating RAIN and FLOODING in Houston....

I can't help but ask:
Why in the World didn't the Mayor and Governor issue mandatory evacuation for Houston????

We all have been hearing about what was going to happen last week, particularly in Houston!
This is Katrina and New Orleans all over again....

There are 6.3 million people in the Houston metro. The only thing an evacuation order would do is strand people in the cars on the flooded interstates instead of inside their own homes.

[Stück]

If people had been ordered the same thing that happened in Rita would have happened this weekend, complete gridlock until cars idled their tanks empty and everyone left on the freeway in rising water through the storm. Staying put was the right choice.

My family, house and cars are all safe and sound. My house is on relatively high ground. That said I'm effectively trapped due to high water all around me, access to the highway feeder is under water, IH59 is under water a few miles north and south of me.

I ventured out yesterday in the F25 to see what I could see, and see if any grocery stores were open. I didn't find any store open, but I found a lot of blocked roads, abandoned cars, submerged cars, and stranded people. I spent most of my trip going the wrong way on the freeway because water, and who cares no one else was out there.

All of these pictures are in a ~3mi radius of my house yesterday or this morning.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by wren57

I challenge you to match my donation to the Red Cross. $100.

Done, i donated € 102 ( the two euros were from my son. He wanted to give his allowance too).

If anyone is close by, and willing to do a drive, they need baby formula and diapers there badly i read.

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by wren57

I challenge you to match my donation to the Red Cross. $100.

Nice of you. My family and I have already assisted our family impacted there yesterday and will continue to do so.

I don't have to try and "publicize" aiding those in need. I just do it in kind.

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by Stück

If people had been ordered the same thing that happened in Rita would have happened this weekend, complete gridlock until cars idled their tanks empty and everyone left on the freeway in rising water through the storm. Staying put was the right choice.

THIS!! Having lost our home in New Orleans during Katrina, we were living in Houston when Rita came. It was a $hit $how! There is no way to evacuate almost 7 million people in that short a span.