The Houston metro area covers about 10,000 square miles, an area slightly bigger than New Jersey. It's crisscrossed by about 1,700 miles of channels, creeks and bayous that drain into the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles to the southeast from downtown. The flooding is so widespread that the levels of city waterways have either equaled or surpassed those of Tropical Storm Allison from 2001, and no major highway has been spared some overflow.
it looks like Columbia, SC last year. Been there, done that, got that t-shirt. it takes a long time to recover from that kind of catastrophe. The roads, the infrastructure, buildings, etc. all waterlogged for extended periods of time. Not to mention what it does to peoples psyche. You can lose some material stuff, but think about your most personal possessions that can NOT be replaced. It breaks you to the core. These people need food and water first, then compassion. Listen to what they need and give it to them. in the end, it can bring a community together because natural disasters don't discriminate. We are all in this together.
I was telling a friend how the cliche - oh you didn't lose your life - was such an insult and a backhanded way of dismissing their loss.
I saw a vid where one lady said, yea that's great, but when it take you a life time to build a life and it is washed away, it hurts.
I think people need to acknowledge that and enough with the cliches.
This is just the beginning for them, because not only have they lost everything, they now get to fight with the insurance company and all the other that want to rip them off.
Low laying area just like Katrina live in a bowl expect Soup.
ReplyDeleteit looks like Columbia, SC last year. Been there, done that, got that t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteit takes a long time to recover from that kind of catastrophe. The roads, the infrastructure, buildings, etc. all waterlogged for extended periods of time. Not to mention what it does to peoples psyche.
You can lose some material stuff, but think about your most personal possessions that can NOT be replaced. It breaks you to the core.
These people need food and water first, then compassion. Listen to what they need and give it to them.
in the end, it can bring a community together because natural disasters don't discriminate. We are all in this together.
I was telling a friend how the cliche - oh you didn't lose your life - was such an insult and a backhanded way of dismissing their loss.
ReplyDeleteI saw a vid where one lady said, yea that's great, but when it take you a life time to build a life and it is washed away, it hurts.
I think people need to acknowledge that and enough with the cliches.
This is just the beginning for them, because not only have they lost everything, they now get to fight with the insurance company and all the other that want to rip them off.
This is sadly just the beginning of their loss.