Houston mayor defends not asking residents to evacuate before flooding

[Unregistered]

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weat...oon-disruptive

"Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is defending his decision not to ask residents to evacuate before the heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey swamped roads and neighborhoods across the nation's fourth-largest city.
Turner said at a news conference Sunday that there was no way to pinpoint which neighborhoods would be worst hit. He said every neighborhood has received at least some flooding."

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In the face of a 500 year flood, His Honor instructed the public to shelter in place. Just like the mayor of New Orleans did before Katrina hit in 2005. No lesson was learned.


Here he is:

http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/