Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States, with more than 2.3 million residents (and many more in the surrounding suburbs) -- and they are in trouble. Hurricane Harvey has dumped torrential rains on that beautiful city, and large parts of it are now flooded. Making matters worse, the roads are flooded, making it impossible to get into or out of the city.
And the disaster is far from over. Harvey is going to dump more massive amounts of water on Houston in the coming several days. It will just be getting worse for the next few days.
Lives have already been lost, and massive damage has occurred to property. The National Guard has been called out, and first responders are doing their best to save lives and get people to safety. We can only hope their efforts are successful in preventing more deaths.
Keep Houston in your thoughts, and if you can, give to the disaster agencies trying to help. These are our neighbors (wherever you live in this country), and they need our help.
ANother example of people not only building on a flood plain but rebuild in the same place and in the same way when drained again!You know what they call it when you do the same thing over again with no change in outcome?
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