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NEESAKI ... who is In Cypress? is everything all right for you, your friends/family? praying for ya.
Oh dear ... I hope if they left that it wasn't a tremendous difficulty ... I imagine even driving anywhere would be full of obstacles to thwart an easy getaway. Prayers and hopes. Keep us posted on geevee if you hear anything more, Hope4.
Hi Spellbound! My son has a friend who lives in Cypress so I've been concerned about him, I have no family there although I do have some extended family scattered about the Houston area. This is such an unbelievably horrific situation, I think I'm having a hard time accepting it's actually happening.
Pardon the pun
but it blows my brain out !
this is the second one
when being interviewed he says
I came back for my firearms!!
just so weird to me
Well, I don't own firearms, but if I did, I would NOT risk my life going back to retrieve them.
Horribly sad pic of a little baby floating in a plastic bin :cry:
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Me either risk drowning to death to get your firearms again pardon pun blows me away
The health dangers from Hurricane Harveys floods
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ricane-harveys-floods/?utm_term=.be2c4fd3d78f
Short term: Floodwater injuries
Short term: Infectious disease:
A flood contains more than rain. Sewage systems spill their guts. And the water can dredge up things more disturbing, if less infectious, than human waste. In New Orleans in 2005, the flooding from Hurricane Katrina exhumed corpses, sending coffins afloat through neighborhoods.
It is not easy to predict the nasty microbes that will strike. We don't have enough epidemiological studies, Hotez said. But Hurricane Katrina, which hit land at the same time of the year as Harvey, could offer some lessons. Health officials are urging people to get tetanus booster shots to protect themselves against the disease, which enters the body through cuts. Skin infections could be caused by exposure to MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus bacterium, as well as pathogens popularly described as flesh-eating. (What about more exotic germs, such as the one that causes cholera? Certainly the conditions here could promote cholera, Hotez said, but youd have to have somebody infected with cholera coming into the area.")
Stress jeopardizes immune systems, and it is difficult to maintain food hygiene in disaster zones. Katrina unleashed gut diseases triggered by E. coli and a lack of safe food and potable water. Add crowded conditions officials are preparing a mega-shelter in the Dallas Convention Center to house 5,000 people and evacuees are at higher risk of getting sick, Hotez said. During Katrina, there were respiratory infections among people in shelters, including an apparent uptick in tuberculosis.
Short term power outages:
Homeowners who rely on portable generators for temporary power should be aware of the danger of inhaling carbon monoxide.
To avoid breathing the gas, operate the generators outdoors and 20 feet from doors or windows.
A lack of power means a lack of air conditioning or other ways to keep cool, further stressing people and putting those with health issues at greater risk given the season.
Short term: Drug access
Those forced to flee flood zones can struggle to acquire medication. This is a risky scenario for people with chronic conditions. Insulin was particularly in demand in Houston, said Thomas Tighe, president and chief executive of the medical nonprofit Direct Relief. Diabetics who dont have insulin are going to go into crisis pretty rapidly.
Short and long term: Mosquitoes
Based on experience following Hurricane Katrina, there will be several competing effects on the population of mosquitoes and the prevalence of arboviruses, such as Zika, dengue and West Nile, that they transmit.
Long term: Mental health
Long term: Mold
Not sure if this has been posted-Houston Channel 2 NBC is live streaming. 24l7 w/o commercials!. Don't know how to post a link. Just google Houston channel 2 for the link. Been watching it now for a couple days.
From a long time lurker-love WS and all you wonderful posters!
Not sure if this has been posted-Houston Channel 2 NBC is live streaming. 24l7 w/o commercials!. Don't know how to post a link. Just google Houston channel 2 for the link. Been watching it now for a couple days.
From a long time lurker-love WS and all you wonderful posters!
Williamson County, Texas, Sheriff Robert Chody tweeted a photo of a Houston house deep in flood waters with residents making their emergency home up on the roof with tents.