>> Does anyone remember and displays of self reliance following Hurricane Katrina or Sandy?
There were some. Remember a certain young man that commandeered a school bus, from a locked up and abandoned lot; picked up a whole busload of folks, and got them to safety in Houston.
Kid, black if memory serves,deserved a medal. Instead, they tried to prosecute him. Don't know what finally happened.
Remember folks attempting to WALK out of New Orleans-and being forcibly forbidden from leaving the expressway by armed federales. No food, no water, no shelter, no facilities on the expressway - but the federales refused to let them seek shelter, and fend for themselves where resources could be had - either by charity, money, or work.
Yeah - Texas is a whole hell of a lot different from that forsaken cesspit of corruption. Lots of good people - and, when the government gets out of their way, able to accomplish a lot.
Little advertised fact about that last major hurricane that hit Houston. It was bumper, to bumper from Houston to Dallas - and once one was on the freeway - one WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE FREEWAY. Armed government 'troops' prevented it. Over 150 people died ON THE FREEWAYS. It took 36-48 hours to get from Houston to Dallas. If you tried to go an 'alternate route', or seek shelter, you were prevented from doing so by the government.
Yeah - that was more than just a few years ago. Not pretty.
Fortunately, Corpus Christi area is not nearly as populated as the Houston/Galveston region.
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