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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatching the mayor of Houston give a press briefing
He seems to have a handle on the situation, as much as anyone could. I would be interested in hearing what the folks of Houston think of him.
cloudbase
(5,477 posts)He wasn't my state rep, but his district covered a chunk of my school district. He and his staff were always available to discuss issues.
Although I'm not eligible to vote in city elections, I happily gave him a campaign contribution.
femmedem
(8,185 posts)Link to tweet
"Please think twice before trying to leave Houston en masse. No evacuation orders have been issued for the city. #Harvey
2:49 PM - 25 Aug 2017 "
and
Link to tweet
"Ignore unfounded, unsourced weather predictions that have needlessly frightened Houstonians. Get info from trusted outlets. @HoustonOEM"
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)stranded in traffic jams on the major highways out of town just as it happened during a hurricane in 2007 or 2008...
femmedem
(8,185 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)It took people 24 hours to get from Houston to Dallas - normally a 4 hour drive.
dalton99a
(80,900 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)uponit7771
(90,193 posts)LisaL
(44,961 posts)If millions tried to evacuate in a short period of time, they would end up stuck on highways/freeways.
So what do you think would happen to people stuck on highways/freeways in their cars in all this rain?
jbond56
(403 posts)LisaL
(44,961 posts)People here keep talking how important it is to evacuate. Well, you can't really evacuate millions out of Houston in a short period of time without them getting stuck on the roads.
LisaL
(44,961 posts)Where do you think all those millions of people were going to go? They would be stuck on the road, which would make it even more dangerous for them.
highplainsdem
(48,650 posts)resources, available on just hours' notice.
The mayor and city government alone can't manage an evacuation of millions of people. And if they initiate it, without detailed plans and guarantees of that state and federal help, they'll just compound the disaster by clogging the highways and roads.
LisaL
(44,961 posts)They told Houston to evacuate during hurricane Rita and people just got stuck on highways. You basically need a lot of time to evacuate Houston.
highplainsdem
(48,650 posts)LisaL
(44,961 posts)highplainsdem
(48,650 posts)haele
(12,566 posts)The best thing to do would be to stage area evacuations due to danger levels, but human nature would turn the best plans into a clusterf$** quickly as too many people who aren't facing life-threatening risks will make it all about them and demand their needs come first, and others in the danger areas will ignore plans and warnings because the last time they got hit with a hurricane or flood, it wasn't worth the effort to evacuate.
And a mass panic evacuation will be worse than no official evacuation, with people caught out in the openin gridlock when the effects first hit.
Haele
bluepen
(620 posts)Yeah. Which predictions were those?
MiniMe
(21,655 posts)Guess it changed course a bit.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,010 posts)This is the rain from the outer bands of the storm. We knew it was coming. Personally, I thought about driving to Dallas, but decided to stay here with my cats.
MiniMe
(21,655 posts)Hope you are staying dry as possible at this point.
LisaL
(44,961 posts)But because Harvey is very slowly moving over land, it's bringing in a lot of rain.