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    Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
    But we know they released the reservoirs after that.
    sheila...hoping your friend is okay!!! Alex's friend has made it to Austin. i don't think any areas of houston weren't affected with 50 inches of rain. here is some info on addicks and barker reservoirs and the affected release areas if that helps
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
    I just heard from my friend. Apparently she lives on one of the few pieces of dry ground in Houston. Crazy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
    I just heard from my friend. Apparently she lives on one of the few pieces of dry ground in Houston. Crazy!
    Yes, there are some. One of my Facebook friends, really just an acquaintance, posted a video a neighbor took of their street, and all looks well. She is on vacation elsewhere so had no idea what to expect. They are in a more expensive neighborhood. Most of the time, it seems to be the poorer folks who are in flood-prone areas. I sure do feel for them and simply can't imagine what life there is like right now.
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    The wealthy have the political power and resources for the dikes, berms and spillways that can protect them. The poor are indeed bearing the brunt of the flood (as with most of Houston’s floods) and they benefit less from recovery programs like fema grants, small-business loans and insurance payouts. There’s also the Texan environmental racism in the placement of the chemical and refinery plants in low-income neighbourhoods of colour and small cities, which cause health problems with the contamination in floodwaters and the air pollution released.

    Too many Texans (and unfortunately now the U.S. government) are of the mind that government and regulations are only good when it’s helping their own.
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    Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc View Post
    Couldn't agree more, Crankin. %*&$#@ Ted Cruz!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
    Speaking of hurricanes, Irma could affect my area. But I will evacuate if it comes to that. (And take a bike with me).
    thinking you went though that last year .....hoping you aren't affected this year and stay safe sheila
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    Such a bad storm season... and it's hard to know the best organization to which to donate! My heart goes out to all in Texas who are just starting to wrap their minds around what is needed for the first state of recovery, for the exhausted first responders who are heading to Florida, and for the destruction that Irma has already caused in the Caribbean.

 

 

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