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Originally posted by ZTAngel
Homestead is essentially Miami. It's just minutes away from downtown Miami. I was only 11 when it hit but I just remember complete devastation in the area. Even where I lived in Parkland (1 hour north of Miami), homes were damaged and power was out for 3 days. The big difference between Miami and New Orleans is that Miami is built above sea level. Andrew, at a Category 5, was certainly more powerful than Katrina but once the storm moved out of the area, the flooding subsided within a day. Rescue workers were able to clear the roads to get to victims much sooner since they didn't have 25ft high flood waters to deal with.
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Good point.
On another note, refugees are now coming to San Antonio as well. We are expecting 10,000 to 15,000.
My brother in law is a cop in Houston and one of his good friends Stephen (and his former patrol partner) is a cop there in NOLA. He called my brother in law yesterday begging him to find a generator for their patrol station. They also needed clean tshirts and hats that said POLICE, socks and Cetaphil (that waterless hand cleaner). The only generator he could find was in Corpus, so he went down there to get it. My sister cleaned Costco out of their supply of Cetaphil and Socks, and then did the same at two different Sam’s Clubs. My brother in law and his partner are headed to Lake Charles to drop the stuff off to Stephen’s father who will take it as far as he can, to the last checkpoint where Stephen will meet him. Stephen said the situation was indescribable.
I say load up the rest of the people at the Superdome and the NOLA Convention Center. The rest of the degenerates looting and shooting up the place should be left behind. They seem to want to fend for themselves. Then let them.
Particularly, I don’t want those people coming to Texas.