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<p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2017-08-29T11:02:28+00:00">August 29, 2017</time> by <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://sandiegofreepress.org/author/doug-porter/" class="entry-author-link" itemprop="url" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Doug Porter</span></a></span>  </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-182991" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://sandiegofreepress.org/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-mirroring-a-planet-and-a-nation-gone-amok/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span 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<p class="wp-caption-text">I have no doubt this will turn out to be photo-shopped, but I&#8217;m always interested in promoting the right to bare arms.</p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Doug Porter</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hurricane Harvey hits Houston. This story is much bigger than one Texas city and one Category 4 hurricane. Today I’ll attempt to tie some of the threads of this story together, as President Trump tours nearby cities and does his best to live up to today’s</span><a href="https://t.co/76tUmpO9IK"> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">NY Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> headline</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> predicting he’s gonna reclaim his mojo.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">San Diego has a piece of this story, as local lifeguards packed and ready to travel to Texas were told to stand down rather than aid in rescue efforts. <strong>UPDATE:</strong> The stand down order is o longer in effect.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Undocumented immigrants made headlines, as ICE dumped 50 women and children at a bus station as the storm made landfall, while the Houston city government pledged to help everyone, regardless of status.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Twitterstorm focused on the obscene wealth of Houston-based evangelist Joel Osteen and his role (or lack thereof) in aiding victims.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GOP’s lie machine has been busy casting partisan aspersions on Obama/Democrats. Perhaps they should just rename the St. Andreas Fault after the 44th president and just get it over.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, there are the larger questions. How much did Houston’s </span><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/houston-is-drowning-in-its-freedom-from-regulations/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lack of building regulations </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">impact the damage? Will Louisiana/New Orleans be devastated?  And how much can we</span><a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-215547"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> point the finger at Climate Change i</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">n assessing the damage done by Harvey?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">There.<br />
Is.<br />
A.<br />
Trump.<br />
Tweet.<br />
For.<br />
Everything.</p>
<p>Visiting hurricane ground zero edition.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuesdayMotivation?src=hash">#TuesdayMotivation</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneKatrina?src=hash">#HurricaneKatrina</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/kDr5pgSr2A">pic.twitter.com/kDr5pgSr2A</a></p>
<p>— Holly O&#8217;Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) <a href="https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/902543011434774528">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">***  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A summary of what we know about Hurricane Harvey as of Tuesday morning includes the following:</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_182998" style="max-width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img class="size-medium wp-image-182998" src="https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Accuweather-map.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Accuweather-map.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Accuweather-map.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Screen shot</p></div>
<p><b>The Houston metro area covers about 10,000 square miles, an area slightly bigger than New Jersey. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s crisscrossed by about 1,700 miles of channels, creeks and bayous that drain into the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles to the southeast from downtown. The storm is generating an amount of rain that would normally be seen only once in more than 1,000 years, said Edmond Russo, a deputy district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, which was concerned that floodwater would spill around a pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston. (</span><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/sns-bc-us--harvey-20170829-story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Associated Press</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>As of 10 a.m. ET, a rain gauge southeast of Houston reported 49.32 inches</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> — breaking a state record that was set by cyclone Amelia in 1978, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday. (</span><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/29/547006980/water-tops-houston-dams-spillway-as-harvey-drifts-toward-louisiana?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=nprnews"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NPR</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Lloyd Ziel with the Red Cross told Eyewitness News they have already received more than 9,000 evacuees</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the flow of people through their doors has not stopped… &#8230;The [George R. Brown Convention Center] shelter was given an original capacity of 5,000. The Red Cross said it was working to make room at the downtown shelter. (Houston’s </span><a href="http://abc13.com/shelter-at-grb-over-capacity-with-9000-+-evacuees-/2353319/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KTRT</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Harvey’s downpours will continue over parts of Texas and Louisiana </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">and slowly drift northward through the end of August, exacerbating the unprecedented flooding disaster that continues to unfold.“This is a devastating flooding event, the likes of which we have not seen in at least the last 12 years, since the Hurricane Katrina disaster,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rossio said. </span><b>Communities will be under water for weeks and perhaps a month </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">or more even after the rain stops. Power will remain out for an extended period until it is safe for crews to repair the lines. (</span><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/harveys-persistent-downpours-to-prolong-flooding-in-texas-louisiana-this-week/70002577"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AccuWeather</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li>
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<p><b>San Diego’s nationally recognized river rescue team won’t be part of the aid efforts </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, thanks to a </span><a href="https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/apr/27/ticker-san-diego-lifeguards-fire-department/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">long-standing feud</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the management of the city’s fire department.</span></p>
<p><strong>BREAKING: The SDFD has rescinded its stand down order and the River Rescue team will be dispatched to Texas.</strong></p>
<p><b>A letter of apology from San Diego Lifeguard Sergeant</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Ed Harris (and union leader) was posted on Facebook:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear Governor Abbott, Mayor Turner and citizens of Houston,</span></i></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am sorry to tell you that we are not coming.  I am a San Diego Lifeguard Sergeant.  We have a River Rescue Team that is nationally recognized.  Our guards spent weeks rescuing people during hurricane Katrina.  We saw this storm approaching Thursday and packed our bags.  The team hooked up the taxpayer funded CAL-OES trailer and boats that have sat in storage for this type of event.  They waited for the call to go that would surely come quickly.  It did not.  On Saturday, our team was informed to unpack and take the boats over to the Fire Department.  They will go.  Our team stayed packed and readied more boats and asked to go.  Sunday came and we listened to your pleas for help; still we are not sent.  Today some guards and I asked for time off so that we could drive our own boats and trucks on our own time.  We planned to be there by 3 pm Tuesday.  This was in response to your cries for anyone with a boat.  We were denied vacation to come help you.  The Coast Guard reports through CNN that there are thousands in need and the worst is yet to come, still we sit here.  We have plenty of staff to send, but we are blocked.</span></i></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-182993" src="https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0271.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0271.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0271.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0271.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0271.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" />As professional lifeguards, we are saddened that there are moms, grandmas and children that we could rescue if we were only allowed to go help.  We are sickened that Chief Brian Fennessy has blocked our response.  Former San Diego Fire Deputy Chief Doug Nakama is now Chief of Special Operations, OES for Governor Brown (Cell:  619-381-7800and Email:doug.nakama@caloes.ca.gov).  Nakama knows that we have ability and numerous resources.  He knows that we are self-sustained and could leave with an hours notice.  He does not send us.  It is with heavy hearts that we send this apology.  We can only hope that if our families were in need, someone would come.  Attached is a photo of our CAL-OSHA truck packed and sitting in the yard.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the </span><a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-rescue-force-20170828-story.html#nws=true"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Union-Tribune,</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the San Diego Fire Department urban search and rescue team arrived in Texas on Monday.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three 18-wheelers, several box trucks and trailers left San Diego late Saturday and traveled by caravan. The group of 45 brought six boats, including two inflatables, to help rescue people from floodwaters that have submerged highways, shopping centers and entire neighborhoods in the Houston area and beyond.</span></i></p>
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<p><b>Here’s some shameless behavior.</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> For all the feel good stories about journalists </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/humankind/2017/08/28/houston-reporter-rescues-trapped-man-live-tv/105057782/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">rescuing flood victims</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and dedicated</span><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Houston-San-Antonio-hotels-shelter-Texans-12097898.php"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> employees beating impossible odds</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to show up for work, there are a few stinkers out there.</span></p>
<p><b>About 50 immigrant women and children were stranded </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)at a downtown San Antonio bus station due to Hurricane Harvey.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_182999" style="max-width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img class="size-medium wp-image-182999" src="https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/San-Antonio-Bus-Station-Flickr-uusc4all.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/San-Antonio-Bus-Station-Flickr-uusc4all.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/San-Antonio-Bus-Station-Flickr-uusc4all.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/San-Antonio-Bus-Station-Flickr-uusc4all.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/San-Antonio-Bus-Station-Flickr-uusc4all.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p class="wp-caption-text">File photo of passenger at San Antonio Greyhound station. Credit uusc4all/Flickr</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From </span><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/ice-left-50-immigrants-stranded-during-hurricane?utm_term=.xqAGWNKv00#.sg779rRNGG"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buzzfeed News</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbie Hurtado, a community organizer with RAICES, a nonprofit that provides legal aid to immigrant families, said Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who represents San Antonio, had called immigration enforcement officials the day before to tell them not to drop families off.</span></i></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Knowing that, they just dropped them off,” Hurtado said. “These are women and children who have been released from family detention with no money, cell phones, and don’t speak English.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;All of the aliens who were transferred to the San Antonio Greyhound bus station by ICE on Friday morning had confirmed tickets and itineraries to their destinations,&#8221; ICE said in an official statement. The only problem was those buses had been canceled.The families were ultimately taken in by San Antonio church.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The only problem was those buses had been canceled. </strong>The families were ultimately taken in by San Antonio church.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_183000" style="max-width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img class="size-medium wp-image-183000" src="https://i1.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lakewood_interior.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lakewood_interior.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lakewood_interior.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lakewood_interior.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lakewood_interior.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The interior of Osteen&#8217;s Lakewood Church via Wikipedia</p></div>
<p><b>And then there’s the matter of the megachurch with no room at the inn. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">After messages from Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church tweeted out a solicitation for funds to help victims, people started wondering whether there might be more the 16,000 seat facility could do.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The church initially posted that it was inaccessible due to flooding. After Twitter users started posting photos contradicting that claim, low and behold, the mythical flood waters receded and the organization said it was ready to house people once shelters reached capacity. (See item above about the Civic Center.)</span></p>
<p><b>And then the flooding claim vanished into the night.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the </span><a href="http://nypost.com/2017/08/29/joel-osteens-church-says-it-never-closed-its-doors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Post</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We have never closed our doors,” a Lakewood Church spokesman </span></i><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/us/joel-osteen-houston-megachurch-criticism/index.html"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">said in a statement to CNN</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “We will continue to be a distribution center to those in need. We are prepared to house people once shelters reach capacity. Lakewood will be a value to the community in the aftermath of this storm.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The Islamic Society of Greater Houston&#8217;s 21 mosques were all open</strong> for anybody needing shelter. (A great many other congregations stepped up on this also.)</span></p>
<p><b>Houston officials, led by Mayor Sylvester Turner</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, promised to assist anyone who needed help, regardless of legal status.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From </span><a href="https://news.vice.com/story/houstons-mayor-promises-to-protect-undocumented-flood-victims"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vice News</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Houston area has the third-biggest undocumented population in the U.S., according to </span></i><a href="http://www.pewhispanic.org/2017/02/13/estimates-of-unauthorized-immigrant-population-by-metro-area-2014/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pew Research analysis</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from 2014. Pew estimated based on Census data that there are 575,000 undocumented immigrants living in the Houston area, representing about 8.7 percent of the population.</span></i></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turner, a Democrat, promised to personally provide legal representation to anyone who finds themselves in the hands of immigration authorities. He also doubled down on his opposition to SB4, urging state lawmakers to put the law “on the shelf” while rescue and hurricane relief efforts are underway.</span></i></p>
<p><b><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-183001" src="https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Cruz-says-help.png?resize=300%2C243&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="243" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Cruz-says-help.png?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Cruz-says-help.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" />There is no disaster too great to stop the GOP’s lie machine.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facing criticism over his past refusal to vote for disaster relief for victims of New York/New Jersey victims of Hurricane Sandy, Texas Senator Ted Cruz’ lips just kept moving:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><i>“The problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”</i></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/902261696172929024"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview with NBC’s Katy Tur</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Aug. 28, 2017</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">real</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> issue for Congressional Republicans with the aid bill was that it did not mandate a reduction in spending elsewhere in the federal budget. In other words, cut food stamps in Minnesota to help New Yorkers or else…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/29/ted-cruzs-claim-that-two-thirds-of-the-hurricane-sandy-bill-had-nothing-to-do-with-sandy/?utm_term=.766d44afcb56"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington Post</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Congressional Research Service </span></i><a href="https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42869.pdf"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">issued</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a comprehensive report on the provisions, and it’s clear that virtually all of it was related to the damage caused by Sandy. There may have been some pork in an earlier Senate version, but many of those items were removed before final passage. There were also some items that appear to have been misunderstood.</span></i></p>
<p><b>I’ve saved the best/worst for last. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GOP’s Twitterverse has exploded with postings over the past 24 hours purporting to contrast President Trump’s handling of Harvey (it’s too soon to tell) and President Obama’s handling of Katrina.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The fact that Obama wasn’t President in 2005 seems to have escaped them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-182994" src="https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="580" height="580" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/sandiegofreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bots-katrina.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" data-recalc-dims="1" />Or maybe not. The </span><a href="http://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alliance for Securing Democracy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> dashboard, which tracks 600 monitored Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations show’s they’ve boosted this meme and other similar ones over the past 48 hours.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#8220;In the middle of the hurricane, I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally,&#8221; Pres. Trump says of Arpaio pardon. <a href="https://t.co/Og9YWtI3Sb">pic.twitter.com/Og9YWtI3Sb</a></p>
<p>— CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/902270545819033601">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time" datetime="2017-08-29T16:14:12+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"><a href="https://sandiegofreepress.org/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-mirroring-a-planet-and-a-nation-gone-amok/#comment-2475768" class="comment-time-link" itemprop="url">August 29, 2017 at 4:14 pm</a></time></p>		</header>

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			<p>Idiot Repugnants are so ignorant they really believe Obama was president during Katrina, because, well, he&#8217;s Obama. They fail to remember the true and infamous photo of the sitting Repugnant president during Katrina looking out the window of Air Force One as it flew over all the victims of Katrina. He&#8217;s currently known as our second worst president in history and not lookin so bad right now.</p>
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			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time" datetime="2017-08-29T22:18:52+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"><a href="https://sandiegofreepress.org/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-mirroring-a-planet-and-a-nation-gone-amok/#comment-2475772" class="comment-time-link" itemprop="url">August 29, 2017 at 10:18 pm</a></time></p>		</header>

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			<p>I remember Bush&#8217;s &#8220;Heck of a job, Brownie!&#8221; said without any sarcasm!<br />
I believe there&#8217;s some evidence that the tweets and posts claiming Obama was golfing during Katrina are products of Russian controlled bots. That&#8217;s troublesome because if true, I think that&#8217;s <a href="http://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/" rel="nofollow">evidence</a> that the Russian cyber-hacking interference is still going on! Also, I&#8217;d love to know how many of Trump&#8217;s base just believe that garbage without questioning, just because that&#8217;s what they want to be true.</p>
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			<p>Hah! I see what you did there. Love that dry wit!</p>
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			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time" datetime="2017-08-29T19:28:04+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"><a href="https://sandiegofreepress.org/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-mirroring-a-planet-and-a-nation-gone-amok/#comment-2475770" class="comment-time-link" itemprop="url">August 29, 2017 at 7:28 pm</a></time></p>		</header>

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			<p>Wondering what would happen if a major disaster hit San Diego?<br />
Here&#8217;s how we managed this situation 10 year ago, and how Qualcomm worked out for those requiring medical care.<br />
<a href="http://www.oesnews.com/podcast/overcoming-major-medical-challenges-stadium-shelter-2007-san-diego-fire-siege/" rel="nofollow">http://www.oesnews.com/podcast/overcoming-major-medical-challenges-stadium-shelter-2007-san-diego-fire-siege/</a></p>
<p>Background: In October 2007, the Witch Creek fires forced nearly 1 million San Diegans to evacuate their homes. Many wound up living in Qualcomm Stadium for nearly a week. This included older adults from assisted living/nursing homes who were not able to &#8220;shelter in place&#8221; as the fires approached.</p>
<p>Since my office represented this area in the legislature, I helped coordinate donations (the parking lot was soon filled with water, clothing, bedding, etc.) and watched the National Guard set up lines for cars to enter with supplies to drop off. My staff and I visited with people in the stadium to help them receive information for emergency services, and participated in fire/law enforcement updates, answering media questions, etc. </p>
<p>Later, the Legislator convened a panel on emergency responses to review what worked well, and where additional planning was required.</p>
<p>That week reminded us that major infrastructure projects- like the convention center expansion- should be designed to serve as emergency shelters in case of major disasters (fires, earthquakes, etc.)</p>
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			<p>according to WikiPedia, Houston city has a total area of 656.3 square miles. could the metro area really be SO much larger than the city itself?</p>
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