Search and Rescue/Houston will go on into the nigh... - Page 2

DukeBlueNan · ‎05-23-2010

Well said @santorini. We can never, ever know with certainty exactly what could happen weather wise. It's frightening.

My prayers.

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

@momtochloe you are so right about rising waters. as for our furry friends, i am a sucker in that category. extra tears of joy when i see them rescued,i must admit.

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

@santorini wrote:
@hyacinth003 wrote:
Since we know about hurricanes a week or more in advance, why is there such a need for search and rescue?

The way to be safe is to leave the area before the hurricane hits. The track of it and information is on the airwaves 24/7 for days.

Here in Illinois, we have tornadoes from time to time. If we're lucky, we get a couple of minutes to seek safety.

Why does this happen with every hurricane? Everyone knows it's coming. You can't stop all property damage, but why are lives in danger?

Hyacinth

I feel like you must be joking, but I'll take a stab at this. Hyacinth, weather forecasts are not exact science. The storm hit way south of us around the Rockport area. We were told we would just get rain. More rain has fallen than was expected and in different areas than originally predicted. If you've never been around a flooding event, the water can rise extremely fast. They call this "flash flooding." Many people are caught in bad situations due to flash flooding.

Some people's homes have never flooded in the 60 or so years they have lived there, so they felt confident they would be okay in this storm too. You can't ask 3 or 4 million people to flee a city every time a storm is expected. We lived through Rita like that and it was a complete disaster. 21-1/2 hours on the road to get out of town in what usually takes 3 hours.

I hope you never have to experience something like this.

I wasn't joking and I'm not trying to be mean. What I think doesn't matter at all. A LOT of people ask the question I do. I understand SOME is not an exact science, but it's pretty good. The whole country heard about this for over a week. I heard so many times that 2 feet of water was expected in many places. And I am not even close.

I understand people will need a lot of help. They should be helped. If they tell you as best they can what is expected, you shouldn't stay and risk your life and the life of others to save you. It is a place that can get terrible hurricanes.

Hyacinth

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

@hyacinth003 i'm sure some Houstonians remember the evacuation for Rita:

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Hurricane-Rita-anxiety-leads-to-hellish-fata...

it would have been hard to forget.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

People will live anywhere. Build it, they will come and it doesn't seem to matter what the risks may come along with it. Houston and the surrounding areas are built right on top of a swampland.

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

@hyacinth003 I know I may be speaking out of turn here but I think many folks that don't evacuate simply cannot afford to. Either they don't have their own means to leave the area or they have jobs that may or may not be impacted with the coming storm based on how the storm ultimately breaks. It's a heartbreaking decision for them as if they leave and the storm decimates their area they made the right decision but if the storm suddenly changes course as they often do and their area is untouched they have left their job behind and quite possibly may not be welcome back as there are others that can quickly take their place. My heart just breaks for all that are impacted by this.

Shiloh09 · ‎07-03-2013

I will also add that there have been over 250 tornado warnings in the last 36 hours not to mention the hundreds of flash flood warnings all on my cell phone! Of those tornado warnings, I think there were 3 or 4 that touched down and caused damage. All freeways are under water....

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

@Shiloh09 wrote:
Why do people not evacuate? Hard to say...Houston was not hit directly by Harvey. In fact as it was pummeling Rockport and surrounding areas south of here, my neighborhood didn't get a drizzle of rain. We all knew we would get a lot of rain and there would be flooding. The fact is that this storm has moved incredibly slow. The slower it moves the more rain. No one could have predicted this catastrophic amount of water. There was an evacuation ordered ten years ago or so. There were a dozen deaths from accidents and extreme heat on the roads as thousands and thousands of people hit the established evacuation routes. All before the storm even started back then! While new procedures are in place, there are more people living here and more building all the time. This is a 500 year flood which means the possibility of it occurring is .2%----that is point two percent. Finally and unfortunately, not unlike any other places, there are actually people that do not have the means to just leave their home.
Pray for Texas, we have a long recovery ahead not just in Houston, but southeast Texas.

Exactly..limited means, fear of the unknown, inability to help oneself without assistance (someone who is poor, sick and/or disabled).

There is a lot of poverty and need and I think most of us aren't aware of it until we see a natural distaster.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
People will live anywhere. Build it, they will come and it doesn't seem to matter what the risks may come along with it. Houston and the surrounding areas are built right on top of a swampland.

I think it would be hard to find any part of our country that is not affected by natural disasters, whether they be hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, wildfires, blizzards, earthquakes, etc.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

@SilleeMee wrote:
People will live anywhere. Build it, they will come and it doesn't seem to matter what the risks may come along with it. Houston and the surrounding areas are built right on top of a swampland.

@SilleeMee I more than smell what you're cooking but my angst lies with the zoning boards that allows building in areas that are clearly unstable. This not only applies to those in coastal area but also those in high risk of fire like CA that are having dozens of homes lost to fire that were built in areas that previously were never zoned for habitation.