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So, downtown streets are currently dry again, and we're doing fine. Drove out there myself to drop donations at the George R. Brown convention center. You don'

So, downtown streets are currently dry again, and we're doing fine. Drove out there myself to drop donations at the George R. Brown convention center. You don't know what the hell you're talking about and, frankly, most of the folks who don't live in this area (including media) don't either. There's a lot of fun to be had in jerking off over how evil and terrible the storm is, but the fact is that we are getting it handled and that we are coming together and doing better.

enraged_camel 9y ago
FEMA Director is not "the media", dude. Seriously. I live in Austin. Got many friends and coworkers in Houston. Three of them lost their homes, and they all said the same thing: this is by far the worst storm Houston has seen in their lifetimes, and the city is getting absolutely devastated. Rescue teams are rescuing people and taking them to shelters... in garbage trucks. And most shelters are full and no longer accepting people. Houston may have experienced flooding in the past, it may even be built for it, but it's definitely not prepared for something of this magnitude. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/28/storm-victims-take-shelter-at-houstons-convention-center-arriving-by-foot-bus-and-dump-truck/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/2... I get that the typical Texan attitude is to shrug stuff like this off like it's nothing (trust me, I know: I live here too), but tens of thousands are in shelters as we speak and hundreds of thousands have evacuated. This isn't your run-of-the-mill hurricane. It's the strongest Texas has experienced in recorded history, and National Hurricane Center says there's the possibility that it will go back out to the coast, re-gather strength and make second landfall some time on Wednesday.
- angersock 9y ago
  Whatever, fuck it. There are more important things during a storm than trying to argue with a knowitall Hackernews.
  - enraged_camel 9y ago
    That's correct. Please be safe, and evacuate if the order comes, even if it's a voluntary evac order.
    - angersock 9y ago
      Let the record show that this turned out to be alarmist, and that things went as well as could be expected under the circumstances.

enraged_camel 9y ago

FEMA Director is not "the media", dude. Seriously. I live in Austin. Got many friends and coworkers in Houston. Three of them lost their homes, and they all said the same thing: this is by far the worst storm Houston has seen in their lifetimes, and the city is getting absolutely devastated. Rescue teams are rescuing people and taking them to shelters... in garbage trucks. And most shelters are full and no longer accepting people. Houston may have experienced flooding in the past, it may even be built for it, but it's definitely not prepared for something of this magnitude. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/28/storm-victims-take-shelter-at-houstons-convention-center-arriving-by-foot-bus-and-dump-truck/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/2... I get that the typical Texan attitude is to shrug stuff like this off like it's nothing (trust me, I know: I live here too), but tens of thousands are in shelters as we speak and hundreds of thousands have evacuated. This isn't your run-of-the-mill hurricane. It's the strongest Texas has experienced in recorded history, and National Hurricane Center says there's the possibility that it will go back out to the coast, re-gather strength and make second landfall some time on Wednesday.

angersock 9y ago
Whatever, fuck it. There are more important things during a storm than trying to argue with a knowitall Hackernews.
- enraged_camel 9y ago
  That's correct. Please be safe, and evacuate if the order comes, even if it's a voluntary evac order.
  - angersock 9y ago
    Let the record show that this turned out to be alarmist, and that things went as well as could be expected under the circumstances.