As we see
on the news, the horrors of Hurricane Harvey and the rains that come with it,
and seem to be sitting over the coast of Texas.
This is not
their first rodeo … Texas
So I have
to wonder when I see the pictures… why weren’t they more prepared. The home
owners, I mean.
If the
weather man in my area, told me.. that a Hurricane is coming my way.. and
having experience it many times before.. that the forecast was for 24 inches of
rain over night.. I am sorry, but I
would have all my things packed in my truck in boxes.. I would put all my
things I wanted to keep but not be able to take, stacked on top of the table
and anything else I had. If I had a two
story house.. I would have them on the
second floor so I could get them later.. and hope no one looted the house. And
the 12 hours before the storm was due, I would be heading out of town and to
higher ground… way in land…. I would be a believer… So why didn’t these people
do this?
One of the
worse pictures I saw was 3 feet of water in the living room of a nursing home,
with the residents there.. with their feet and legs underwater.. to me, that is elder abuse.. That reads
LAWSUIT to me.. if it was my family member and I lived out of town.. I would be
suing for a suite at a good hotel, and a around the clock nursing for them..
for the rest of their lives. That was so
disgusting…
On the
other hand.. in this world of ours of late.. the hatred and fighting and
protesting.. it was heart warming to see so many people helping others. Boats coming out of yards to go up and down
the neighborhood, giving rides to others to dry land. Men carrying children as
well as adults thru the water. Those
with cell phones, up on top of tall buildings, directing the police and fire
dept.. and others to those who were stranded thru out the town. All pulling together.. THIS IS THE AMERICA
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