As you witness the human suffering, the breakdown of basic systems, the unfathomable property damage, think about whether it's cheap.
— David Roberts (@drvox) August 27, 2017
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For informational purposes, a couple of tweet-threads from the ground. Clicking on any of these tweets should take you to the entire series, including more links & photos / maps:
(some good links):https://t.co/MXPvqjMy32https://t.co/cI2zZqWdUAhttps://t.co/z3eCWYCZnBhttps://t.co/1W2FV7yDuj
— Matt Corbett (@CorbettMatt) August 28, 2017
Houston is on a flat, mostly featureless plain, which is naturally drained by a number of Bayous ("The Bayou City" refers to HTX, not NOLA) pic.twitter.com/g4hBnkmNv4
— Matt Corbett (@CorbettMatt) August 28, 2017
when the answer is 'no', water backs up along the drainage routes pic.twitter.com/aAziyfFzz9
— Matt Corbett (@CorbettMatt) August 28, 2017
(I know some of y’all don’t care for extended tweet-reading, so feel free to let me know if there’s a more concise traditional link with the same information I can link.)
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In 2005, the evacuation of Hurricane Rita was a bigger calamity than the hurricane itself https://t.co/mjiPnyLNcf 2/x
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) August 27, 2017
It was clear in hindsight that many evacuees would have been better off riding out the storm at home. 4/x
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) August 27, 2017
Oh no. If Houston were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for refugee resettlement. They help others. Now they need all our help. https://t.co/OeZ6yzeASW
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) August 27, 2017
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And yet…
We are too prosperous of a place to be this poorly prepared for natural disasters that happen fairly regularly https://t.co/kz3apxXKKf
— Kyle Bunch (@kylebunch) August 27, 2017
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