This investigative research article reveals why Houston has been a sitting duck for this kind of calamity for quite some time and why nothing has been done to address this critical issue.

“Hell and High Water”

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country. It’s home to the nation’s largest refining and petrochemical complex, where billions of gallons of oil and dangerous chemicals are stored. And it’s a sitting duck for the next big hurricane. Why isn’t Texas ready? […]

by Neena Satija and Kiah Collier for The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw and Jeff Larson for ProPublica, March 3, 2016, – https://www.propublica.org/article/hell-and-high-water-text

H/T: Morning Joe, MSNBC

My “better half” resides in a beautiful suburb about 30 minutes outside Dallas. They are being spared this nightmare in terms of weather.

But she and I both are so frustrated that in 2017, we live in a nation that put a man on the moon, but somehow local, state and federal government STILL CAN’T come together and enact a coordinated plan to effectively get people OUT of harms way in a TIMELY manner when facing a natural disaster such as a Category 4 hurricane!?!

It’s sickens me. Something.Has.Got.To.Change.