Amazing! Thank you. I think one of the scariest things I’ve read is that there was no way that the city could have been safely evacuated because of the roads are such a clusterfuck and even more people would have drowned sitting in traffic. Truly horrifying. Especially when you consider the people who have had to…
and one that offers him an opportunity to recapture some of the unifying power of his office he has squandered in recent weeks.
exactly, he doesn’t have the accountability of the 15 or so other orgs that one could use donations.
Only if there are regulations that exist to mandate that.
“Water damage is the worst,” he told one staff member, “tough, tough, tough.”
Well at least a pair of sneakers a dark pair of Keds . Definitely not a white pair . She can bring a pair of wellies just in case they have to walk through some puddles . I never put on my wellies until I am getting down to business . They aren’t the most comfortable foot wear but better then stilettos
The only way it’ll be a success for him is as yet another revenue source.
It sounds like the issue is that they don’t clearly demarcate between industrial and residential areas, to mitigate risk to people, while also developing over bayous and other natural features that would prevent flooding. In other words, Texans gonna Texas.
Maybe not allowing residential buildings in flood plains or zones? Just a guess.
A good article from NPR about how to donate to Hurricane Harvey victims. Cash is better than goods right now.
Remember, too, that Trump told Niinisto he pardoned very bad man Sheriff Joe Arpaio as Hurricane Harvey stuck because he “assumed the ratings would be far higher than they were normally.”
Oh my God this man is President.
You know, me have read lot of complains in past year about “mission drift” at A.V. Club, how site writing about politics and food (and yet rarely cookies! What up with that, A.V. Club?), but one thing me have always loved about site is that there always room for something this personal and heartfelt, regardless of…
I wouldn’t want to stand on that concrete floor and listen to a narcissistic, dementia addled, turkey necked, gross old man ramble on for over an hour. And clearly it’s not just me.
Mirrors! They need to put a wall of mirrors behind the little crowds so he can see double the turnout and complement himself for looking precedential.
Same here.
oh I’m right there with you
I was thinking about how unpleasant that situation must have been.
This reminds me of the time my brother was in the ICU, dying of cancer and my dad and his bitch-of-a-trophy wife (my stepmother) finally deigned to visit him. My stepmother was dressed impeccably.