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href="https://politics.theonion.com/texans-brace-for-president-s-response-to-hurricane-1819580233">Texans Brace For President’s Response To Hurricane</a></h1><div class="meta"><div class="meta__text"><time class="meta__time" datetime="2017-08-25T15:30:00-05:00"><a href="https://politics.theonion.com/texans-brace-for-president-s-response-to-hurricane-1819580233" target="_self" title="8/25/17 3:30pm" >8/25/17 3:30pm</a></time><div class="meta__tags">SEE MORE: <a class="first-tag" href="/tag/politics">Politics</a></div></div></div></header><div class="post-content"><figure><amp-img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--5-DIp10K--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/punzpdnmkpwnyfln4kgf.jpg" width="800" height="450" data-chomp-id="punzpdnmkpwnyfln4kgf" data-asset-url="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--5-DIp10K--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/punzpdnmkpwnyfln4kgf.jpg" data-format="jpg" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure><p>HOUSTON—Battening down the hatches as the potentially disastrous situation unfolded, Texans braced themselves Friday for President Trump’s response to Hurricane Harvey. “I don’t know how bad it’s going to be, but I’m preparing for the worst,” said resident Jacob Hoyt, echoing the sentiments of millions of residents along the state’s coast who were hunkering down for what many predict will be a catastrophically inept relief effort. “This won’t be easy. If nothing else, I’m hoping it’ll be over with pretty quick.” At press time, frightened Texans had learned that Trump’s response in the aftermath would likely be worse than even the most dire forecasts.</p><div class="ad-unit ad-mobile"><div class="ad-mobile-inner"><p class="ad-label proxima"><small class=" proxima">Advertisement</small></p><div class="ad-container"><amp-ad width=300 height=250 type="doubleclick" data-loading-strategy="prefer-viewability-over-views" data-slot="/4246/fmg.onion.amp" data-multi-size="320x50" data-multi-size-validation="false" json='{&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;page&quot;:&quot;amp&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:1819580233,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;amp_2&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;:[&quot;politics&quot;,&quot;news&quot;,&quot;donald trump&quot;,&quot;weather&quot;,&quot;news in brief&quot;,&quot;vol 53 issue 33&quot;],&quot;forcedAdZone&quot;:&quot;&quot;}}'></amp-ad></div><p class="ad-label-bottom"></p></div></div></div></article><footer class="footer"><div class="footer__links"><ul class="footer__list"><li><a href="https://kinja.desk.com/" target="_blank" data-ga="[Footer, click, Help]">Need Help?</a></li><li><a href="http://legal.kinja.com/content-guidelines-90185358" target="_blank" data-ga="[Footer, click, Content Guidelines]">Content Guide</a></li></ul><ul class="footer__list footer__list--small"><li><a href="http://thefmg.com/" data-ga="[Footer, click, Permissions]" target="_blank">Permissions</a></li><li><a href="https://legal.kinja.com/privacy-policy-1793094625" data-ga="[Footer, click, Privacy]" target="_blank">Privacy</a></li><li><a href="https://legal.kinja.com/kinja-terms-of-use-1793094100" data-ga="[Footer, click, Terms]" target="_blank">Terms of Use</a></li><li><a href="http://thefmg.com/" data-ga="[Footer, click, Advertising]" target="_blank">Advertising</a></li><li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/careers" data-ga="[Footer, click, Jobs]" target="_blank">Jobs</a></li><li><a href="http://politics.theonion.com/rss" target="_blank">RSS</a></li></ul></div></footer><div class="sharingfooter"><div class="sharingfooter__external"><div class="sharingfooter__cell"><a class="button button--facebook" rel="nofollow" href="http://facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.theonion.com%2Ftexans-brace-for-president-s-response-to-hurricane-1819580233" target="_blank"><svg class="svg-icon svg-icon--filled svg-facebook"><use xlink:href="#iconset-facebook" /></svg><span class="button__label">Share</span></a></div><div class="sharingfooter__cell"><a class="button button--twitter" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=Texans%20Brace%20For%20President%E2%80%99s%20Response%20To%20Hurricane&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.theonion.com%2Ftexans-brace-for-president-s-response-to-hurricane-1819580233" target="_blank"><svg class="svg-icon svg-icon--filled svg-twitter"><use xlink:href="#iconset-twitter" /></svg><span class="button__label">Tweet</span></a></div></div></div></div></body></html>