Behind the Lines
I Don’t Like Ike
For Houstonians, the hurricane was not a disaster, just an enormous inconvenience. That didn’t keep us from griping about it for three weeks.
2 comments
October 30th, 2008 at 7:44am
patrice says:
Since I live in THE IKE ZONE I can't really find an article about someone whining about the loss of electricity funny. My parents (in their 70's) lost their home and it's contents - so it's not very funny to us. 95% of Bridge City, 80% of LaBelle/Fannette, 98% of Sabine Pass, 98% of the Boliver Peninsula is gone and you were whining about 3 weeks of no electricity and the lack of restaurants? Geez - IF only that's all that had happened here. Why not report on the lack of true help from FEMA and our State for the victims? How the insurance companies aren't paying up in a timely manner (if they pay at all). How about Jefferson County officials who can't decide IF or WHEN or HOW HIGH a person has to rebuild their home? We have officials from the federal, state, and county telling people to raise their home 6-8 feet - how in the world do you raise a brick home on a slab? DUH Come tell the world what a huge cluster the recovery effort is when you throw in government officials without a clue! That's real reporting.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:12pm
Chilicook says:
Mimi,
Great article and excellent description of the storm here in the Heights and in Houston in general. Only experience missing is the hunt for open gas stations and the around-the-block lines to fill up.
