Evacuation Would Have Trapped Thousands On Flooding Highways W/No Where To Go.

[TheMastersNemesis]

In Colorado it took hours and hours to get several thousand people to the viewing areas of the eclipse. And that traffic jam lasted a couple of days. Only a fool would contend that Houston could have been evacuated in time. Think of the backlash with thousands of people scrambling for high ground as roads flooded for miles in some cases. We would be looking a mass of casualties under such circumstances. Plus local communities had no way to take care of all these refugees.

And there was not enough gas on hand to fuel all those cars. Houston would have had to start evacuating even before the storm began for all practical purposes.

The residents in the flooded areas were pretty much stuck in the situation. Even downtown Houston is flooded as well. During Katrina there was a lot more time and a lot of people were able to get out.

RW conservatives and the GOP will try to blame the BLACK Houston mayor for the disaster. There was nothing that he or anyone could do. Many of the bad decisions were made decades ago by planning that favored questionable development.

If you go back a century or more I will bet that place was pretty much a swamp. Putting a city there and trying to mitigate flooding with channeling the bayous around development was not the best bet. You can bet on a 1000 year flood not happening but that flood may only be a short time away.

[RKP5637]

1. Well said!!! n/t

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. Plus There Was Experience With A Previous Disastrous Evacuation.

It would have been terrifying to see hundreds of people drowning on those roads. That scenario was almost guaranteed. Plus people would have had to travel close to 8 hours in many cases to get out of the way.

[femmedem]

3. They paved over 166,000 acres of highly absorbent coastal prairie since 2001

according to this tweet by Pro Publica

Link to tweet

That tweet is part of a thread which also explains how lax building regulations also contributed to this disaster.

[matt819]

4. Points taken

Even with clear skies and all the gasoline needed, tell me how they would plan to move 2.3 million people. Young. Old. Infirm. Are there enough cars, buses, trains, evacuation shelters, hotel rooms, food, water? Factor in the flooding and tell me how you're going to move first responders on gridlocked highways.

But the RWNJs and fox don't care. They have s black democrat they can scapegoat. And you know full well that the pino will pile on in a day or do.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Yes, well said