Comments on: Hurricane Ike Aftermath

By: nk

nk — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:17:08 +0000

Glad you’re ok, Beldar.

We got your rain, thankfully without the winds, up where I am. One third of our village is accessible only by boat. Our schools are closed because police and fire do not think that they could adequately respond to an emergency.

By: SPQR

SPQR — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:14:45 +0000

Good to hear you are in good shape yourself, Beldar.

As for your last, I have a list for you when you want it

By: Beldar

Beldar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:06:16 +0000

From my perspective in southwest Houston, there’s some whining, but not much. No power yet on either side of my block, but almost every yard has been raked up, with fallen limbs and such deposited curbside for pickup (whenever that comes). Water pressure is back to almost normal. School kids are going to be bored silly, but HISD doesn’t want to resume classes until most of the city has power back.

The watchword for the weekend, during the storm, was “hunkered down.” Now it’s “hangin’ in.” Today was a beautiful day, clear skies and temperatures only in the high 60s.

Houston will be fine, overall, pretty soon. Galveston’s another story, as is also true in some other coastal areas that were very hard hit by storm surge.

My main problem is that I have this gnawing feeling that someone out there in the unaffected parts of the country is telling lies about Sarah Palin, and I don’t have adequate internet access to track ‘em down and refute ‘em! Grrrr.

By: rudytbone

rudytbone — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:50:50 +0000

Red State = Personal Responsibilty

By: Jay Curtis

Jay Curtis — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:50:51 +0000

The every day person gets it. It seems to be the politicians who have a problem with getting things right.

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/908377.html

According to this story, there were 300 National Guard at a stadium who were without food. So the Congressman blames FEMA. These people are a state resource deployed by the Governor. Why is it FEMA’s fault that they were deployed without adequate rations?

I am quite sure that the residents of Houston have taken care of these first responders needs as midwesterners always seem to do. But the politicians, having dropped the ball, seem intent on passing the buck for their gaffe to the federal aganecy.

U.S. Rep. John Culberson, you can do better than this.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:21:28 +0000

Amen, DRJ. What a country!

Good luck, Southern friends. Glad to see you are all right.

By: Ricky in Houston

Ricky in Houston — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:08:37 +0000

We’ll be alright. Don’t worry about us.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:42:00 +0000

We awoke without power this morning in rural Louisiana, so I made the 30 mile drive to buy more gasoline for the generator. The local gas station was out of power and out of gas.

On the drive, I saw 43 (plus a few before I started counting) electric repair trucks in a row heading towards our neck of the woods. The power was back on by noon.

Don’t believe the hype. We’ve got a fantastic repair infrastructure in America. It’s truly awesome once it gets mobilized.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:01:23 +0000

There isn’t any plausible way to use this to discredit Bush, so the press has no incentive to slant the news negative.

By: capitano

capitano — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:47:56 +0000

Excellent post. Texans are good role models for the rest of the country.

I’m hopeful we can see a resurgence of the Texas worldview — more self-reliance and optimism. Maybe if we get the right leadership in Washington we can tap into the America many of us grew up with and reverse the trend toward the complete whinification of America.