How many people in Texas are just going to walk away from their destroyed home?...

and never return.

Over 85% of people living in Houston do not have flood insurance.  Some of these people who escaped flooding in the past now have a house under water, a hefty mortgage (ironically known as being under water), and low savings.

I wonder how many of them will simply tell the bank, "It's all yours", and head for the hills.  That leaves the bank owning a worthless house unless it wants to spend mega dollars to fix it up.  Most likely they'll just bulldoze it and sell the land.

Overall, I don't think Houston will lose very much of it's population like New Orleans did after Katrina since it's a much bigger city that has experienced rapid growth and a good economy, but it might slow the growth down which is a bad economic omen.




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Should Houston have been evacuated?...

No.

I'm tired of reading stupid stories about the mayor of Houston not ordering evacuation and somehow the flooding is all his fault - except when it's Trump's fault for pulling out of the Paris Accords.

I get it.

He's black.

He's a Democrat.

That doesn't give people license to be stupid.

The population of Houston proper is 2.6 million people.  If you add in the surrounding towns you're probably looking at about 6 or 7 million people.  Exactly how do you put this many people on a bunch of freeways without experiencing havoc?  You don't.

I lived in Houston. I know Houston. Many of the people shooting off their pie- holes have never even been to Houston.  I'd much rather sit on my roof over the possibility of dying on a highway. 

Meantime the Antifa crowd is sucking up news time with their antics.  Reports are that they were attacking Trump supporters in Berkeley while police stood around doing nothing.

Antifa spreading the love.  

I've got a great idea for the "Love Trump's Hate" crowd.  Instead of showing your great love by pepper spraying people, how about you get your skanky worthless commie butts down to Houston to help rescue people?  Have a boat?  Drag it with you.

The pictures I see coming out of Houston are of black people helping white people, white people helping Asian people, and young people helping old people.  I see private citizens using their own boats to rescue people.

As it should be.

KHOU is doing a wonderful job of live coverage


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Houston...

I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around what's going on in my former home.

Even River Oaks is flooded.

Just about every location I lived in while in Houston is under water.

It's going to take a long time and a ton of money to fix the mess.

Ironically, I've been spending all day moving sprinklers because we're so dry here in North Idaho.

Please pray for the people of Texas.

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