By Sean Rossman, Eleanor Dearman and John C. Mortiz
For the American Red Cross, (click here) Hurricane Harvey presented a perfect chance at redemption.
A fast and efficient response would have shown critics the organization has learned from its past mistakes and is a capable partner when disaster strikes. But instead, say many Texas officials and residents, the Red Cross floundered and failed to provide needed help....
The problem has been since 2005 and is today, the destructive capacity of the Category Five Hurricane. There isn't anything a 'rescue organization' can do when the infrastructure is gone. The only agency anywhere that can effectively BEGIN to recover from such a devastating storm is the USA Army Corp. I am amused by the current criticism, yes amused, to listen to the fact there were ONLY SIX ARMY CORP UNITS in Puerto Rico. ONLY SIX.
The Mainland has needs, too.
The FACT is completely obvious, the Climate Crisis is real and human beings have little effect on it's effects AFTER THE FACT.
The enemy is not the American Red Cross, which was taking heat from the media as they administered to the people of Texas. Harvey is a wake up call as were the storms that destroyed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. This is the Climate Crisis and the American politicians will HIDE from their responsibility in denying the burgeoning global emergency.
Harvey took dry land from the USA. The former dry land is now permanently underwater. I suppose the American Red Cross is supposed to part the sea, too.
...Flood waters around Houston (click here) had substantially receded by Aug. 31 (middle image), while flooding had increased across Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, and western Tennessee as then Tropical Storm Harvey passed over the area. The far right image shows the change in flooded area between Aug. 27 and Aug. 31, with regions showing the most flooding recession depicted in yellow and orange shades and those where flooding had increased depicted in blue shades....
Louisiana should think, "Crab Pods." Oh, wait. The oil. Oh, well.
