I guess the Mayor didn't want another Hurricane Rita evacuation disaster. More people died from that evacuation than the storm itself. I remember it that time as well. It took me 18 hours to drive from Houston to Dallas when it the average time would be 4 hours.
earlier today I noticed in Dreadnoughts group in Facebook somebody asked about the status of the battleship Texas (BB-35), monument now (I know you bro know), and the answer, apparently by a local, was like the ship is OK, Houston is screwed :-(I guess the Mayor didn't want another Hurricane Rita evacuation disaster. More people died from that evacuation than the storm itself. I remember it that time as well. It took me 18 hours to drive from Houston to Dallas when it the average time would be 4 hours.
Battle ship USS Texas is okay, but the major rain has stopped and we are still flooded from the previous 3 days of rains though.
Yeah I think that would be a good idea. By the time you get here most of the city will be busy cleaning up.
here's what I noticed seconds ago (I couldn't link it here directly from the article ):
nah, just go, check on the BB-35
Yup, the mayor and Harris County officials were asking anyone with a boat to go volunteer and help out strangers and neighbor's that are stranded. Houstonians came out and show the world what we are made of.
now, again through Dreadnoughts group in Facebook, I became aware of the webcam at San Jacinto; the view should be something like this:
