As much frustration as you all seem to have with your city officials, most everyone did get out alive except for people who drove into flood waters. Our death toll has and will be far far less than Katrina which was a weaker storm. I think our officials did the best they could with the little time they had.
People are pissed at Bay City for being evacuated. Others are pissed for not being evacuated soon enough.
It's up to you, not the government, to make sure you and your family is safe. We all knew about this storm my Wednesday evening, Thursday morning at the latest. If you don't watch the news, it was all over our newsfeeds. I'm not trying to be rude.. Just trying to explain so next time you can get you and your family out long before the officials ever call for you to do so. We played it safe and got us and our family to safety Thursday morning. We were still in the red but we got us to higher ground.
It is also my understanding that most shelters especially in Matagorda County and the outer lying areas were accepting pets. I have several friends who stayed at shelters with theirs.
There was no excuse to stay behind. I can say that even knowing my dad was one of the idiots who stayed behind. Just because everyone else is staying in a town about to be leveled doesn't mean that you should.
This is the coast and we all knew it was only a matter of time before a storm like this hit. Everyone should have had an escape plan long before this storm ever showed up. Why should the government have to tell you to be safe?
(Posted elsewhere.. But relevant here as well)
A post by Katie k.
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