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Hurricane Harvey: Photo of Texas nursing home residents in waist-deep water prompts rescue
GMA via Yahoo ^ | August 27, 2017 | MERIDITH McGRAW and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN

Posted on 08/28/2017 4:39:00 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

A startling image of elderly women in a Texas nursing home surrounded by waist-deep flood waters, covered by blankets and sopping wet personal items stunned viewers on social media Sunday morning and prompted an emergency evacuation of the facility.

Galveston County Commissioner Ken Clark told ABC News that 20-25 residents at La Vita Bella Nursing home were safely evacuated from the flooded building in Dickinson. David Popoff, the city’s emergency management coordinator told Galveston County Daily News they were rescued by helicopter.

Timothy McIntosh, whose mother-in-law owns the nursing home, posted the photo and pleaded for emergency help.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Weather
KEYWORDS: harvey; nursinghome; texas
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1 posted on 08/28/2017 4:39:00 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Oh God....it’s not like they didn’t know this was coming. Shame on the nursing home.


2 posted on 08/28/2017 4:41:57 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In the old days....every town had a listing of hospital units and old-folks homes, and rescue folks automatically centered on both of these in the first hours of an emergency. So, tell me who the mayor is...and can I guess which party he belongs to?


3 posted on 08/28/2017 4:44:52 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

There should also be a post with a picture of a child in the womb that states:

PHOTO OF CHILD PROMPTS RESCUE

Life is precious on both ends of the spectrum.


4 posted on 08/28/2017 4:45:03 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Sacajaweau

Good point. Why did they wait? This would have to be extremely distressing to those wheel-chair bound elderly.


5 posted on 08/28/2017 4:46:22 AM PDT by Flick Lives (#CNNblackmail)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Then there was Harvey the Hurricane Hawk


6 posted on 08/28/2017 4:46:51 AM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: Sacajaweau

Shame on the local bureaucrats and public safety types who didn’t enforce an evac. And any family members who didn’t raise holy Hell.


7 posted on 08/28/2017 4:48:13 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla

I would probably take their license away and get those folks into a home that cares.


8 posted on 08/28/2017 4:51:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Well, they are white people...sooo...


9 posted on 08/28/2017 4:53:41 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: Daffynition
Awwwww!

...who took Harvey to rehabilitate...

LOL. That makes it sound like HTHH is going to the slammer.

Well, Harv was hanging with some FOX News watchers, and there was booze and meat on display. Clearly HHTH was being subjected to some very bad influences!

10 posted on 08/28/2017 4:56:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Shame on the mayor who told everyone to stay put and knew his city flooded with 3 inches of water. The state was telling everyone to evacuate along the coast. This was done on purpose.


11 posted on 08/28/2017 4:58:16 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: Sacajaweau

And I’d have a few choice words for local bureaucrats and law enforcement. BTW, that nursing home may be a public, not private, facility, run by the city or county, for instance.


12 posted on 08/28/2017 4:58:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla
Shame on the...

Don't forget the owners of the assisted living home who didn't seem to care.

13 posted on 08/28/2017 5:00:52 AM PDT by HarleyD (Ecc 10:2 A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.)
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To: Sacajaweau

And where were the families? My mother was in a nursing home for 2 years and I would have rescued her on Thursday!


14 posted on 08/28/2017 5:01:37 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Am I a bad person for finding this amusing?


15 posted on 08/28/2017 5:03:29 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: HarleyD

Keep in mind that may be a public facility. If so, that would explain a lot.


16 posted on 08/28/2017 5:03:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Miss M, not all folks in assisted living/skilled nursing facilities are fortunate enough to have family that cares nearby. That said, there is this little thing called a telephone. If any family members used it to call the cops, the city and/or county to raise Hell, that info has not made it into the news.


17 posted on 08/28/2017 5:06:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Rome2000

This is preposterous, get her a tub of Heinekens.


18 posted on 08/28/2017 5:07:58 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: miss marmelstein

In fact, IIRC, families are supposed to be notified of any emergency.


19 posted on 08/28/2017 5:08:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Empty popcorn machine appears stable...

I refuse to go the way of these folks, ashamed for whomever manages the home and the relatives of those poor folks.

I bet all of their “kids” were spoiled rotten children.


20 posted on 08/28/2017 5:09:24 AM PDT by HypatiaTaught (Millions more Closet Trumpers than Never Trumpers)
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