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						<span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author">Posted on</span> <a href="https://davidrtayloreducation.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/after-hurricane-harvey-will-houston-public-schools-be-charterized/" title="1:52 AM" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">August 31, 2017</span></a>						<span class="by-author"><span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://davidrtayloreducation.wordpress.com/author/drext727/" title="View all posts by drext727" rel="author">drext727</a></span> </span>					</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

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<p>It’s an all too familiar scene in America.</p>

<p>A <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harvey-may-force-30000-people-into-shelters-while-flooding-will-linger-officials-warn/ar-AAqOeP0?OCID=ansmsnnews11">natural disaster </a>devastates a major metropolitan city.</p>

<p>And then the forces of profit and privatization use the chaos and uncertainty as cover to steal public services and turn them into mechanisms to increase their own bottom line.</p>

<p>That’s what happened to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. And, if Houston residents aren’t careful, it’s what could happen there in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which struck this weekend.</p>

<p>Right now the immediate danger is the weather.</p>

<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/apos-epic-catastrophic-apos-flooding-140552801.html">The storm has already affected</a> about a quarter of the Texas population, or 6.8 million people in 18 counties. It’s been blamed for at least 8 deaths so far.</p>

<p>Thousands of people have evacuated to rooftops as rushing waters flooded streets and neighborhoods. Many roadways are only navigable by boat, and emergency services are so overtaxed that civilian volunteers have stepped…</p>
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	if( "" != mobileStatsQueryString ) {
		new Image().src = document.location.protocol + '//pixel.wp.com/g.gif?v=wpcom-no-pv' + mobileStatsQueryString + '&baba=' + Math.random();
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}
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