A tale of two Hurricanes (Saturbray)

www.braylog.com ^ | 9/2/17 | bray

[bray]

enough brayin

[Wonder Warthog]

Uh, no. Both hurricanes taught the same lesson. The "Cajun Navy" (and later redneck auxiliaries) got their start with Katrina. A bunch of coonass swamp rats saw the failure of the government effort, and spontaneously came together to make it happen. They were a little better organized for the Baton Rouge flooding, and had it down to a "science" for Houston.

[notaliberal]

I noticed that we haven’t heard much from Schumer or Pelosi during this disaster

[ealgeone]

I believe Harris County in which Houston is located went for Shillary.

[sagar]

“I believe Harris County in which Houston is located went for Shillary.”

Are you implying the flooding is their Punishment?

[wmileo]

At least no looting in Houston, Texas. Much looting in New Orleans. I wonder why? (not)

[wmileo]

"I noticed that we haven’t heard much from Schumer or Pelosi during this disaster"

Haven't you heard. They both blame this on Trump!!!

[ealgeone]

Nope. Noting the contradiction of the article claiming Houston to be anti government when more than half voted for big government and that the mayor is of the big government party. It’s more correct to say the volunteers are the anti government ones.

[bray]

Who claimed Houston Dist 357 was anti-gummit?

The article is about Texas, but if you are looking to tear things apart you certainly can by editing the article to say what it never said.

[ClearBlueSky]

,New Orleans is a bow, Houston is not.New Orleans is sinking, decaying and hundreds of years old. Houston is not. Two different mentalities run the cities. If N.O. ever gets half that amount of rain the only thing above water will be a few highrise buildings. Houston will drain. New Orleans will not-cannot. Geography and demographics are vastly different.

Comparing how a serious hurricane affects almost any other city and New Orleans is like comparing how a healthy 20 year old takes a punch in the mouth- vs -how a 90 year old with a walker does.

[ealgeone]

From the article....

Houston is a different situation altogether. There is so little dependence on gummit and much more reliance on the Independent Church so the solutions were quick and responsive to the need. You add to it the independence and self-reliance of the Texan and you have a completely different situation.

[bray]

I hear it is tiring picking nits?

[Kickass Conservative]

>>>I noticed that we haven’t heard much from Schumer or Pelosi during this disaster<<<

They were busy sewing their Wallets shut and figuring out what PORK they can add to the Disaster Recovery Legislation.

“never let a crisis go to waste”

[ealgeone]

You said the article was about Texas. I tried to show you it was about Houston as you contrasted New Orleans and Houston.

It's your blog. If there is any confusion it falls upon you for being a poor writer.

[bray]

Looks like picking nits makes you cranky too. I would suggest you just ignore my posts. They have the giant (Saturbray).

I suspect there is something else that bothers you more than your confusion this was not about Sheila Jackson Lee’s district.

[ealgeone]

Looks like picking nits makes you cranky too. I would suggest you just ignore my posts. They have the giant (Saturbray).

Dude...your writing skills need some serious work.

But trust me...this is the last time I will remotely even look at your little blog.

[Alberta's Child]

Different hurricanes, different lessons.

Katrina represented a failure of government at all levels even before the hurricane made landfall. Aging levees failed, pumping stations that were supposed to keep sections of the city dry were not maintained, etc. It was very much a failure of the city's infrastructure.

It appears that Houston was not a "failure of infrastructure" at all. The city was simply overwhelmed with a volume of rainfall that exceeded the design standards used for any storm water management system.

[Wonder Warthog]

I disagree.

Though the initiating causes were different (on that point you are correct), the solution was the same. And that solution wasn't initiated or even driven by government, but by people's individual decisions.

Each individual owner of boat/motor/trailer/tow vehicle made the decision to give freely of his time, and risk his material goods and even his life in the service of his neighbors.

And Bray is correct....those individual decisions ultimately had their roots in Christianity, even though in many cases the deciding individual might not have even been Christian.

[Enterprise]

Bump!