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re: OT: Stay safe fellow Houston posters
Posted on 8/28/17 at 2:11 pm to Bubbles Up
Posted on 8/28/17 at 2:11 pm to Bubbles Up
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If the storm would have made landfall in Corpus it would have been like Katrina. We would have had mass casualties and half the city homeless. The mayor chose not to evacuate the city, and he's thumping his chest now about being correct. Over half of our city lives at or below the poverty line. Had we experienced a category 4 eyewall it would have been like Katrina in Corpus Christi.
I'm assuming his reasoning is he didn't want things to end up like Rita where the roads were so gridlocked that people were dying in their cars from heat exhaustion. Also, had the roads been stuck at a standstill and the flooding come that could have potentially been a hell of a lot more people dead from drowning who were trapped on the highway.
TBH, there really is no good evacuation plan possible for down there. There are just too many people to move out.
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Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:13 pm to Dr RC
I totally disagree. Corpus Christi has an easy way to evacuate to SA and Austin. I37 can be contraflowed, and CCISD can (and did) run their busses. Our city has planned for and designed many evacuation scenarios. We can stage evacuations, we can do it in waves, etc.
The point is that not a single shelter was opened by the city. He played Russian Roulette and got lucky. Many people have to simply be told to leave, especially poor people. I am middle class, and I will make the best decision for my family because I have resources, reliable transportation, and I will not have to rely on the government unless it is a catastrophic calamity.
Many of our residents don't have enough spare change to fill up the car to leave, much less get a hotel room and pay for restaurants out of town for a week. I also have flood, wind, and homeowners insurance.
When over half of your city lives at or below the poverty line, you evacuate it.
Our mayor made a stupid decision and he needs to be held accountable. One jog to the west and a Cat 4 eyewall would have killed a lot of folks. Going to Rockport on Saturday really opened my eyes.
The point is that not a single shelter was opened by the city. He played Russian Roulette and got lucky. Many people have to simply be told to leave, especially poor people. I am middle class, and I will make the best decision for my family because I have resources, reliable transportation, and I will not have to rely on the government unless it is a catastrophic calamity.
Many of our residents don't have enough spare change to fill up the car to leave, much less get a hotel room and pay for restaurants out of town for a week. I also have flood, wind, and homeowners insurance.
When over half of your city lives at or below the poverty line, you evacuate it.
Our mayor made a stupid decision and he needs to be held accountable. One jog to the west and a Cat 4 eyewall would have killed a lot of folks. Going to Rockport on Saturday really opened my eyes.
This post was edited on 8/28/17 at 7:15 pm
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