08-31-2017, 03:39 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Mimosa
We have a grand daughter there .
They are fine.
She says do NOT send money no matter what.
Houston is sinking from ground water depletion and is built on purpose to accommodate this type of flooding.
She says mostly the slums - welfare ghettos high crime section 8 druggies getting the brunt of this flooding.
She says do NOT send money - send used clothing if you must donate anything through salvation army or goodwill.
Texas is an extremely wealthy state and can handle their own disasters.
FEMA is helping - your tax dollars so again do NOT send money .
Mrs.Mimosa
Huh? I have family, high income earners in fancy houses, whose entire neighborhoods were wiped out. Many of those people needed help too, but you've come up with a weird way to justify ignoring everyone there.
There are many volunteers and non-profits that are assisting with rescues and temporary relocations. FEMA is there of course, but they have their own programs and agenda separate from other organizations.
NYT's suggestions: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/do...ml?mcubz=3 and they also recommend using https://www.charitynavigator.org/ to research organizations before giving.
Houston is not "built" for this nor will flood water become "ground water". Since 1986 70% of their wetlands were paved over which usually would help absorb influxes like this. But this level of rain fall has never been recorded in the Contential US before, so saying it is normal and everything is fine is a little odd.