Two days ago, before the storm, while there was still time to evacuate, Governor Abbott told people in Houston that if he were there, he’d head north. Local officials told them the opposite.They told them to not leave and expressed frustration that Abbott, a Republican, was sending a different message.
While Abbott was warning people in Houston, Democrat Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner asked people in the city to stay in their homes and off the roads to the extent possible. He said there might be a “greater danger” in having people who don’t need to be evacuated onto roads that could flood, US News reported.
Houston officials were frustrated after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged anyone who can to evacuate before Hurricane Harvey arrives, the newspaper reported.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Friday tweeted “please think twice before trying to leave Houston en masse.” His plea came shortly after Abbott held a news conference urging Gulf Coast residents to pack up and leave, whether or not their cities are under evacuation orders.
No evacuation orders had been issued for Houston.
Abbott has repeatedly suggested since Thursday that not enough people are evacuating.
Officials said not to evac. Now the streets are rivers. This is as bad as Katrina. #houstonflood #hurricaneharvey pic.twitter.com/KJ44vNrYa0
— Stephen (@TheAviator1992) August 27, 2017
So who gets the blame?
[Update] The leftist media and politicians won’t stop bashing Trump over the pardon of Sheriff Arpaio and the left is blaming Trump for the reaction intruding on hurricane news. A Resistance tool with a. commie fist for a headline on his page, tweeted that was Trump’s fault.
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Donald Trump diverted media attention with damn pardon crap that could have been focused on #houstonflood evac. & prep. This cost lives
— ♻️ Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) August 27, 2017
Watch CNN ignore #HurricaneHarvey to keep complaining about Trump https://t.co/hFFDnwMoft pic.twitter.com/84rshJXkhh
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) August 27, 2017
Schumer rips “sad and weak” Trump for pardoning Arpaio during Hurricane Harvey https://t.co/RBcLUIpmg5 pic.twitter.com/f3n3uhkS1V
— The Hill (@thehill) August 26, 2017
CNN jumped too quickly on their headlines.
CNN: President Trump’s handling of Hurricane Harvey was disastrous.
Oops! That was supposed to be saved in draft up until after the storm..
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@RealAssange) August 27, 2017
People didn’t have to wait for the government to tell them what to do but this is a Democrat city.
Ppl had ample time to prepare or evacuate. The National Weather Service and news were very clear about this storm’s potential. #Houstonflood
— Mental E Mansa Pater (@DHfromtheV) August 27, 2017
Houston mayor won’t talk to Gov. Abbott
The Texas governor says he can’t reach the Houston mayor. Abbott said Sunday he called Turner’s cell phone “several times” to “let him know that, whatever he needs, the state of Texas will provide.” Abbott said he has yet to hear back from the mayor.
In response to Abbott’s comments about evacuating coastal areas and Houston, the mayor said that they would have been rescuing people from flooded roads. Plucking people off roofs isn’t easy either. No one should rely only on the government. Make your own decision.
Rescuing from rooftops isn’t easy either. He says we “can still manage the outcome”.
We need to make new laws banning Democrats from Texas outright. They’re obviously too stupid to vote.
I should say, the best coverage is on RSBN
Linda J:
The point is the story wanted to “create” a certain emotional impact. He kept stepping back to see what the impact was. It wasn’t until he entered the street did he get the “optics” of not being able to stand. This is no different than a reporter in a boat leading to the belief there was deep water but someone else caught it and showed people off to the side in ankle deep water. I believe it’s more, “look at me, the reporter” and see what I’m going through.
There’s been a tremendous amount of footage out there from all kinds of people so a “Stunt” as this is just that, a stunt.
Also, I have NO use for this despicable person. He, and Brit Hume did stories right after 9-11 Accusing Israel of being behind 9-11. As a result I only see Fox when someone puts up a clip of them.
Certainly there were other options of whether to stay in your home or evacuate the entire city. I don’t know the topography of the city so these points may be without merit.
From what I saw of all the rescue videos there seemed to be plenty of locations that are “higher ground” sites. Instead of staying put there could have been staging areas for those who were most susceptible to the worst flooding.
I had seen one report of a location that was a “Fema Dome” and they were forbidden to enter. This was at the early stages of the hurricane. I don’t know how predominant this was but should be investigated.
One part of Government is “Crisis Management” and that includes any kind of disaster and planning for it, whether it be fire drills in schools, tornado disaster preparations and a myriad of other scenarios. It is all reduced to how well a Government agency can manage itself. In this case it was well reported ahead of time there would be massive rainfall and Should have been taken in consideration.
Stop with commenting and start helping!!!!!
Everyone has an opinion. Right now opinions don’t make a difference.