Seniors stuck in waist-deep water at nursing home in Dickinson area

[herding cats]

DICKENSON, Texas - The LaVita Bella nursing home seniors are stuck in waist-deep water in Dickenson, officials said Sunday.

Galveston County officials said they are aware of the situation at the nursing home. Officials said it’s a top priority to rescue them.

KPRC2 will provide updates as they become available.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/seniors-stuck-in-waist-deep-water-at-nursing-home-in-dickinson-area

Link to tweet

Those poor people!

[greeny2323]

1. Shocking

That is just a jaw dropping and shocking picture. Truly speechless.

[herding cats]

3. I just cannot believe they didn't evacuate them.

Their families must he hysterical with worry!

[WePurrsevere]

51. In one article I read the owner of the home said she was told not to worry...

because that area "never floods". Apparently there was a lot of flooding in areas that "never flood". She must be kicking herself like crazy now but if you're not familiar with an area and are told that it's safe by locals, or local official you tend to trust the local.

Anyway, it's horrible to see them all like this but I'm so very glad they're all safe now. Hopefully they're none the worse for the experience.

Now let's hope like crazy that the cats that were there were rescued and are okay now too.

[democrank]

2. This is awful.

I wish I could do something.

[herding cats]

6. So do I!

I don't think people really understand how bad it is down in SE Texas right now. Ben Taub hospital the primary trauma center for Houston is currently being evacuated. It's seriously a major disaster.

[delisen]

39. It will be even worse when an army of Public Insurance Adjusters

descend upon them from other states.

Some are great ethical people; others are not and operate like ambulance chasers.

[democrank]

4. KICK

[dalton99a]

5. Damn.

[JimGinPA]

7. I'm Sorry...

That image is horrible - BUT - Nana working on her needlepoint made me laugh!

[herding cats]

9. She's keeping calm and carrying on.

Kitties on the backs of the furniture were even calm looking considering.

[Doreen]

26. Usually animals will stay calm if their people do.

[icymist]

53. I don't think she's knitting... Looks like a plastic bag if you blow the picture up.

I read somewhere today(BBC, I believe) that the water in that picture went from ankle deep to waist deep in just fifteen minutes.

[MissB]

8. That is not good.

They are likely in fragile health already

[MissB]

10. They were rescued (airlifted)

If you follow the twitter link you will find this:

http://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_e1ffff8e-435d-5c78-ab46-57d6bc7dc6a5.html

[herding cats]

12. Yay!!

The original call to rescue them came over 9 hours ago, but the local news hadn't reported their rescue yet!

Thanks.

[JimGinPA]

14. That's Good News...

Seems like the staff should have done more to keep them out of that water. Put chairs up on tables or something damn it.

[Duppers]

50. I hope they took Kitty too.

Animals matter.

My guess is that they were calm because they knew help was on the way.

[Vinca]

11. This is outrageous. Why weren't these people evacuated?

I hope La Vita Bell Nursing Home has a good liability insurance policy because it appears Grandma might not make it. Meanwhile, Asshat tweets about money for his fucking wall when we need motor boats on the streets of Texas.

[herding cats]

13. They've got them out, but they were there in that water for hours.

I'm just relieved they were finally able to get them out of there.

[Vinca]

15. One of the saddest things I've seen. I'm also worried about all the pets left behind.

[herding cats]

16. I worried about the pets, too.

They'd been trying to arrange boats to evacuate them, but since they were airlifted out the pets would more than like be left behind.

Those poor kitties.

[Demtexan]

17. When my Mother was in a nursing home I signed a paper so should would be moved.

Poor souls.

[juxtaposed]

18. this is a fake image

[herding cats]

19. It's on several major news sites. nt

[juxtaposed]

20. it's fake, power would have been shutoff, woman doing neddlepoint, big foam filled

chairs not floating, man walking who isn't wet from waist up, tables not upended.

[ecstatic]

21. Daily News has the story too:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nursing-home-patients-airlifted-safety-harvey-floodwaters-article-1.3446793

Trudy Lampson, who owns the nursing home, sent flood photos to her daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Timothy McIntosh, in Florida.

Timothy shared the image on Twitter.

"Need help asap emergency services please," he wrote.

Some Twitter users suspected the image was fake — but the couple says the photo is 100% real. A second image shows the water level rising in a corner of the room.

[juxtaposed]

22. I feel the images are fake.

[herding cats]

23. They're all over the television news now too.

The light isn't an overhead and I suspect it's an emergency battery powered one.

The picture was shared on Twitter by Timothy McIntosh, whose said his mother-in-law owns the assisted-living home.

His wife, Kimberly McIntosh, said her mother sent the picture at 9 a.m. this morning.

“She said it was a disaster and they were hoping the national guard would come,” Kimberly McIntosh said.
http://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_e1ffff8e-435d-5c78-ab46-57d6bc7dc6a5.html

[juxtaposed]

54. I'm always the last to admit I am wrong. Yes the image is real.

[herding cats]

55. This is very big of you.

Lots of people couldn't believe it. Which is understandable considering how sensational it was.

[logosoco]

24. The lights being on is wrong.

Power and electricity do not mix.
Also, the one woman who is a bit stooped over, looks like she is getting up to walk somewhere. Moving through water is hard for a fit person. She looks like she needs assistance when walking on dry land.

I would imagine the water is pretty cool as well. Even a young, fit person would not be calm sitting there and doing needle point.

I wonder...

[herding cats]

25. It's been verified as real.

It's not a photoshop. It's a real camer phone pic taken bu the owner of the home. She was trying to get them rescued.

[crosinski]

28. They seem so calm, as if the water is a common thing. I don't understand.

God help them if they have to make a effort to save themselves!

[herding cats]

29. They're all safe now!

They were air rescued earlier today. Actually about 30 minutes before I posted this, but I didn't know yet at the time.

[logosoco]

35. that's the main thing!!!! nt

[herding cats]

42. It is!

Now to get the rest of those still stranded out and I'll stop worrying.

[delisen]

48. Let's applaud their ability to stay calm in an emergency.

It may come from good judgement and a lifetime of coping well.

[malaise]

27. NOT FAKE

Give thanks for social media.

No one knew what as going on in Dickinson until this photo went viral.

[herding cats]

31. Thanks, malaise!

Geeze, some people are just too cynical, ya know?

[malaise]

33. I posted it on another thread this morning - the folks at Weather Underground

are amazing in weather situations and it was on their comments page.
Saw a rescue of an elderly couple and their daughter from the same area - on CNN. This is an unbelievable disaster.

[herding cats]

37. The one where the mother had Alzheimer's?

If so, I watched that one too and I cried. Daddy manned the generator for them so they were comfortable overnight while the daughter tended mom.

[malaise]

41. I cried watching the father struggle to get on the boat and then listening to the daughter

The dad was in obvious pain. What a lovely family and rescue - old age is hell.

[herding cats]

43. When he was trying to get in the boat what's when I lost it too.

Those poor people.

[malaise]

45. They survived and they are loved

That's pretty good

[delisen]

49. Well said.

[obamanut2012]

34. I think it is, too

I think there was some flooding, but the image was manipulated. Probably to make the authorities help them.

I am worried about the cats, and hope they were rescued, too.

[herding cats]

38. The news has verified it wasn't manipulated.

The people who took it have been on CNN talking about it.

[applegrove]

30. They got rescued.

[ismnotwasm]

32. Sweet Jesus

I worked long term care at the beginning of my nursing career and it will live in my heart always. No words

[lunamagica]

36. This is really heartbreaking!

[smirkymonkey]

40. OMG. That is a horrifying sight!

I am glad to hear that they were finally rescued.

[malaise]

44. Here's the thing - everyone forgott Dickinson

Were it not for the photo, folks would not have known about the unbelievable flooding in that area.

I'm betting there are several other places that are worse. They will soon be finding bodies like during Katrina.

[smirkymonkey]

46. I hope that people are getting the help they need and are rescued.

One thing they don't need is a clueless orange shitgibbon tweeting about how fantastic everything is and what a great job he is doing keeping things under control.

[malaise]

52. I saw an elderly couple and their daughter (and dog) rescued by a boat carrying the

CNN crew. It was heartbreaking - no one had responded to their calls and ordinary citizens in boats were checking door to door. A the boat was leaving the area they heard cries for help.

[delisen]

47. Too many critics are sitting in their comfortable homes scolding

people in a disaster area for not being more prepared.

Hey, sometimes there are no good options, or the one you have chosen based on the best information you had turns out to have been the wrong one.

I hate armchair outrage.