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12 political cartoons about Hurricane Harvey

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Here are some political cartoons from the week.
Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas over the weekend, flooding the city of Houston, as well as many surrounding areas, and forcing residents out of their homes.
Fortunately, many Utahns have stepped up to the plate to help. There have been many heartwarming stories of love and support for the people of Texas in the wake of such tragedy.
According to the Deseret News, the Utah Disaster Medical Assistance Team headed to Dallas on Tuesday to provide medical care and assistance for those hurt or displaced by the storm.
„I’m excited and a little bit nervous. I’m ready to help, “ one of the members of the team told the Deseret News while preparing to leave Salt Lake City. „I hope we do (hurricane victims) justice.“
Welfare officials for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also prepared to help those affected by the storm by sending pallets full of water and other emergency supplies from the Bishop’s Central Storehouse in Salt Lake City to the area.
Carlos Munoz, a Latter-day Saint living in Houston, said he was optimistic that the storm would bring people together to serve and uplift others.
„I’ ve survived several hurricanes and tropical storms, but I’ ve never seen this sort of disaster, “ Munoz said, according to the Deseret News . „As a Latter-day Saint, I have a lot of faith. This tragedy is an opportunity for me and others to serve.“
Many political cartoonists, known for some of their harsh commentary, found a soft spot in their hearts for Houston this week.
Check out these 12 political cartoons below about Hurricane Harvey, climate change and more.

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Remnants of Harvey still powerful enough to threaten floods

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Even a week after it slammed into the Texas coast, Harvey retained enough rain-making power Friday to raise the risk of flooding as far north as Indiana. Back in Houston, officials tried to…
HOUSTON (AP) – Even a week after it slammed into the Texas coast, Harvey retained enough rain-making power Friday to raise the risk of flooding as far north as Indiana. Back in Houston, officials tried to safeguard parts of their devastated city by intentionally flooding others.
The mayor announced plans to release water from two reservoirs that could keep as many as 20,000 homes flooded for up to 15 days.
In another Texas city with no drinking water, people waited in a line that stretched for more than a mile to get bottled water while others awaited evacuation flights.
Residents of the still-flooded western part of Houston were told Friday to evacuate ahead of the planned release from two reservoirs protecting downtown. The move was expected to flood homes that were inundated earlier in the week. Homes that are not currently flooded probably will not be affected, officials said.
It could take three months for the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, which are normally dry, to drain. The Harris County Flood Control District said it had to continue releasing water to protect their structural integrity and in case more heavy rain falls.
Some of the affected houses have several feet (meters) of water in them, and the water reaches to the rooftops of others, district meteorologist Jeff Lindner said.
Mayor Sylvester Turner pleaded for more high-water vehicles and more search-and-rescue equipment as the nation’s fourth-largest city continued looking for any survivors or corpses that might have somehow escaped notice in flood-ravaged neighborhoods.
Turner also asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide more workers to process applications from thousands of people seeking government help. Harvey victims expect FEMA to work „with the greatest degree of urgency, “ he told CBS „This Morning“ for a segment broadcast Friday.
The mayor said he will request a preliminary aid package of $75 million for debris removal alone.
The storm had lost most of its tropical characteristics but remained a formidable source of heavy rain as it moved into the Ohio Valley, according to the National Hurricane Center.
More than 1,500 people were staying at shelters in Louisiana, and that number included people from communities in Texas. The state opened a seventh shelter Friday in Shreveport for up to 2,400 people, said Shauna Sanford, a spokeswoman for Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.
The Texas city of Beaumont, home to almost 120,000 people near the Louisiana state line, was trying to bring in enough bottled water for people who stayed behind after a water pumping station was overwhelmed by the swollen Neches River.
One Houston-area man returned to his flooded house to discover a 9-foot (nearly 3-meter) alligator inside, KTRK-TV reported Friday. Emergency crews were called, and it took four men to carry away the reptile, whose mouth was taped shut.
Authorities raised the death toll from the storm to 39 late Thursday, while rescue workers conducted a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes.
The latest statewide damage surveys showed the extent of destruction.
An estimated 156,000 dwellings in Harris County, or more than 10 percent of all structures in the county database, were damaged by flooding, according to the flood control district for the county, which includes Houston.
Lindner called that a conservative estimate.
Figures from the Texas Department of Public Safety indicated that nearly 87,000 homes had major or minor damage and at least 6,800 were destroyed.
Gov. Greg Abbott warned Friday in an interview with ABC’s „Good Morning America“ that it could take years for Texas to „dig out from this catastrophe.“ President Donald Trump tweeted that there’s still „so much to do“ in Texas‘ recovery.
In Beaumont, people waited Friday in a line of cars that stretched more than a mile at a water-distribution center at a high school football field. Each vehicle received one case. Earlier, people stood in line at a Kroger grocery store that was giving away gallon jugs of water, which were gone in two hours.
The water supply for the Bolivar Peninsula southeast of Houston was expected to run out within days, and could be out for weeks, after a pumping station 30 miles away was submerged by floodwater, Galveston County officials said.
About 2,000 people live year-round on the 27-mile (43.45-kilometer) long peninsula, a narrow strip of land in the Gulf of Mexico.
People fleeing the flooding were being bused to the Beaumont airport where airplanes and helicopters waited to fly them to Dallas and elsewhere. Air ambulances were on standby for those with critical medical needs.
About 1,800 people were staying in shelters in Dallas, including about 1,000 who were flown late Thursday from Beaumont, officials said. Most were taken to the Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas, but others went to smaller shelters in the area.
Drivers had been urged to wait three or four days to fill up gas tanks after widespread reports of gas shortages caused panic-buying and empty fuel pumps. But on Friday, the governor said there was no danger of running out after a pipeline that had been supplying gasoline from Texas to Oklahoma was reversed. More fuel was being shipped in from surrounding states.
Harvey initially came ashore Aug. 25 as a Category 4 hurricane, then went back out to sea and lingered off the coast as a tropical storm for days. The storm brought five straight days of rain totaling close to 52 inches (1.3 meters) , the heaviest tropical downpour ever recorded in the continental U. S.
Far out over the Atlantic, Hurricane Irma was following a course that could bring it near the eastern Caribbean Sea by early next week. The Category 2 storm was moving northwest at nearly 13 mph (20 kph) . No coastal watches or warnings were in effect.
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Associated Press writers Johnny Clark in Beaumont, Texas; Paul Weber and Will Weissert in Austin; Diana Heidgerd, David Warren, Jamie Stengle and Adam Causey in Dallas; Michael Kunzelman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Tammy Webber in Chicago contributed to this report.
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China names new commanders for army, air force in reshuffle

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China has appointed new commanders of its army and air force in a reshuffle ahead of next month' s Communist Party congress, as President Xi Jinping brings new blood into the military' s top ranks amid an ambitious modernization program. Current top…
BEIJING – China has appointed new commanders of its army and air force in a reshuffle ahead of next month’s Communist Party congress, as President Xi Jinping brings new blood into the military’s top ranks amid an ambitious modernization program. China’s armed forces, the world’s largest, are ramping up their capabilities with new equipment like aircraft carriers and stealth fighters as the country pursues a more assertive stance in the disputed East and South China Seas and seeks to project power far from home shores. The new army chief, Han Weiguo, is not a high-profile figure but has risen rapidly, with three promotions since 2015. He was also commanding officer in charge of a military parade in Inner Mongolia in July overseen by Xi to mark 90 years since the founding of the People’s Liberation Army. Han had previously served as head of the central theater command, a military district that includes Beijing and a large swathe of central China. His new position was announced by state media on Friday. The army has been less of a focus of the military modernization, with more resources poured into the air force and navy that have increasingly been carrying out drills in distant regions. The new air force chief, Ding Laihang, announced by the Defense Ministry on the same day, is also a relatively low-profile figure, who ran air force operations for China’s northern theater command before his promotion. New navy chief Shen Jinlong took up his position in January. Sources with ties to the leadership say he is close to Xi. All three men could be promoted to the Central Military Commission headed by Xi, which is in overall charge of the People’s Liberation Army, when the party holds its once-in-five-years congress in Bejing next month. Another promotion was announced in August, with previous army commander Li Zuocheng being made the new chief of the Joint Staff Department of the People’s Liberation Army. Li has had a much higher profile, as one of the few senior military officers with combat experience, having fought Vietnam in a brief border war in 1979. Last year he was glowingly profiled in the official Beijing Daily, which described his time fighting the Vietnamese, accompanied by black-and-white pictures of the then 26-year-old in a trench and pointing to a map. It was not clear what had happened to Fang Fenghui, the chief of the Joint Staff Department before Li. At a news briefing on Thursday, Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang declined to comment on Fang, who turns 67 next year, usually around the age at which Chinese officials retire. — Reuters

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Hurricane Harvey: Yet another harbinger of climate change

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There’s already been a rise in heavy downpours across the U. S., especially in the Northeast and Midwest.
If you watched the images of Hurricane Harvey from afar and thanked goodness it wasn’t happening to you, scientists say you might be feeling a little too relaxed.
Powerful storms are hitting the U. S. more often — and not just in hurricane alley.
Rising global temperatures, caused mostly by the burning of fossil fuels, have coincided with an increase in extreme storms across the United States, according to the federal government’s latest National Climate Assessment, published in 2014.
If global warming gets worse, scientists expect the frequency of once-extreme rainfall events to keep rising — even in regions where overall rainfall could decrease, like the Southwest.
The link between a warmer climate and heavier downpours is straightforward: Hotter air can hold more moisture, meaning there’s more water available for storms to wring out of the atmosphere.
The planet has warmed by nearly 2 degrees since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, which translates to about 6% more moisture in the atmosphere, said Michael Wehner, a climate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s computational research division in California.
„That’s a big sledgehammer, “ he said.
RELATED: Satellite images reveal extent of Harvey damage
Wehner was one of the lead authors of the „our changing climate“ chapter of the 2014 National Climate Assessment, a semi-regular report that’s been mandated by Congress since 1990. (A partial draft of the next edition, due out in 2018, has already been released .)
Nationwide, the climate assessment shows, the strongest two-day storms occurred about 40% more often from 2000 through 2009 than they did from 1901 through 1960.
Some regions have been hit especially hard. Between 1958 and 2012, the number of extreme rainfall events increased by 71% in the Northeast, 37% in the Midwest and 27% in the Southeast. Scientists point to last year’s record-shattering rain in and around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and 2013’s deadly floods on Colorado’s Front Range, as the kinds of events climate change has already made more likely.
If the world doesn’t curb its emission of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, some parts of the U. S. could see five times as many intense rainstorms by the end of this century as they saw at the end of the last one, according to the National Climate Assessment.
„The extremely heavy rains of Harvey are something that we expect to see more often as the dice are loaded toward heavier rain events, “ said Radley Horton, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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That trend makes the lessons of Harvey all the more relevant — and not just for the coastal communities that are often associated with extreme storms and climate impacts.
One key takeaway: Invest in flood control.
„Houston’s flood-control infrastructure is woefully out of date. It’s like 1930s and ’40s vintage, “ said David Easterling, a climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in North Carolina. „Make sure you have whatever you need in terms of infrastructure for flood control. It takes decades to build it.“
State and local governments should also look beyond traditional flood-control measures like dams and concrete channels, experts say. Horton said cities might replace some hard surfaces that create runoff with parks and other green spaces that absorb water.
RELATED: Harvey estimated to be costliest natural disaster in U. S. history
Other lessons, scientists say: Update flood-risk maps based on the observed increase in extreme rainfall and the latest available science. And be wary of building in floodplains.
That last suggestion might be tricky.
Nina Lam, an environmental scientist and expert in geographic information systems at Louisiana State University, has studied development patterns in the United States. In a paper earlier this year, she and her co-authors found that while urban growth in coastal flood zones declined from 2001 to 2011, urban growth in inland flood zones increased.
Lam has seen that trend play out in Louisiana, where she said many people moved from New Orleans to inland cities after Hurricane Katrina. Some of those people were stunned by the catastrophic floods that inundated Baton Rouge last year, Lam said.
„This kind of event is going to happen more and more often, “ she said. „We have to be much more vigilant about where you locate.“
Sammy Roth writes about energy and the environment for The Desert Sun. He can be reached at sammy.roth@desertsun.com, (760) 778-4622 and @Sammy_Roth .

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Roku seeks to raise $100 million in IPO

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Roku’s streaming devices routinely beat out similar products from the likes of Amazon, Google and Apple.
Roku is ready to go public.
The streaming device maker is seeking $100 million in its initial public offering, according to a filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will be listed on NASDAQ under the ticker ROKU.
Roku may not be as recognizable a name as some of its streaming box competitors, which are all monolithic tech companies like Apple, Google and Amazon, but its products routinely slay in CNET reviews and in sales .
Roku declined to comment beyond the filing.

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Порошенко о гражданстве Саакашвили: Все по закону

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Вопросом возможного возвращения экс-главы Одесской ОГА в Украину будут заниматься три ведомства.
Вопросом возможного возвращения экс-главы Одесской ОГА в Украину будут заниматься три ведомства.
Президент Петр Порошенко впервые публично прокомментировал свое решение о лишении политика Михаила Саакашвили украинского гражданства, заявив, что в этой ситуации действовал согласно закону.
Об этом глава государства сказал сегодня на брифинге в Харькове, сообщает Укринформ .
По словам Порошенко, когда Государственная миграционная служба предоставила комиссии по вопросам гражданства документы, свидетельствующие, что при оформлении гражданства Саакашвили сообщил недостоверную или сфальсифицированную информацию, он „должен был действовать в соответствии с законом и Конституцией“.
„Любые другие шаги были бы преступной деятельностью. Я подписал указ (об утрате гражданства – ред.) так же, как и в отношении других граждан“, – отметил президент.
Порошенко добавил, что вопросом возможного возвращения экс-главы Одесской ОГА в Украину „должны заниматься МВД, миграционная и пограничная службы“.
„К Саакашвили будут относиться так же, как и к любому другому лицу, подавшему недостоверные данные“, – подчеркнул президент.
Как сообщал Корреспондент.net, 26 июля стало известно о лишении Михаила Саакашвили гражданства Украины. Причиной прекращения гражданства называется то, что в документах он не указал заочный арест в Грузии.
СМИ узнали, что украинские власти известили США и другие страны, что все паспорта Саакашвили аннулированы.
Однако после лишения всех паспортов Саакашвили побывал в нескольких европейских странах, где, по его словам, ему предлагали гражданство, но он отказался.
Ранее Михаил Саакашвили заявил, что вернется в Украину 10 сентября через таможенный пункт Краковец.

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Rosja: MSZ o zamknięciu konsulatu: USA naruszają prawo międzynarodowe

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MSZ w Moskwie oceniło w piątek żądanie USA, by Rosja zamknęła swój konsulat generalny w San Francisco, jako „nowe bardzo poważne naruszenie prawa międzynarodowego“ i zapowiedziało, że rezerwuje sobie możliwość kroków odwetowych.
W komunikacie opublikowanym wieczorem ministerstwo podkreśliło, że zgodnie z żądaniem USA przekazanym w czwartek konsulat w San Francisco ma być zamknięty w ciągu dwóch dni (do 2 września – PAP) .
Prócz zamknięcia tej placówki strona amerykańska zażądała również „niezwłocznego zakończenia działalności przedstawicielstwa handlowego w Waszyngtonie i jego filii w Nowym Jorku. W sposób znaczący zaostrzone zostają wymogi dotyczące przemieszczania się rosyjskich dyplomatów i delegacji oficjalnych“ – głosi komunikat MSZ Rosji.
„Krok ten stanowi nowe poważne naruszenie prawa międzynarodowego, w tym zobowiązań USA dotyczących konwencji wiedeńskich o stosunkach dyplomatycznych i konsularnych“ – oceniło MSZ w Moskwie.
W komunikacie oświadczyło także, że „żądania USA stwarzają bezpośrednie zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa obywateli Rosji“, i podało, że amerykańskie służby specjalne zamierzały dokonać 2 września rewizji w konsulacie generalnym w San Francisco i mieszkaniach jego pracowników w tym budynku. Poprzez „tego rodzaju wyzywające działania USA wciąż obciążają niełatwą atmosferę dialogu dwustronnego“ – oznajmił rosyjski resort.
„Wyrażamy stanowczy protest w związku z działaniami Waszyngtonu, będącymi ignorowaniem prawa międzynarodowego“ – podkreśliło MSZ. Zapowiedziało również, że rezerwuje sobie „możliwość działań odwetowych“.
Departament Stanu USA zażądał w czwartek od Moskwy zamknięcia do 2 września konsulatu generalnego w San Francisco oraz dwóch innych obiektów dyplomatycznych – w Nowym Jorku i w Waszyngtonie. Uzasadnił tę decyzję wcześniejszym ograniczeniem, na żądanie strony rosyjskiej, liczebności personelu w amerykańskich placówkach dyplomatycznych w Rosji. Amerykanie nie zażądali przy tym od Rosji odesłania do kraju pracowników zamykanych placówek.
Wcześniej, pod koniec lipca, MSZ Rosji ogłosiło, że od 1 września br. liczba pracowników przedstawicielstw dyplomatycznych USA w Rosji ma zostać zrównana z liczbą personelu rosyjskiego w placówkach w USA, czyli wynieść 455 osób. Według MSZ Rosji jest to odpowiedź na wydalenie z USA grupy dyplomatów rosyjskich i zamknięcie stronie rosyjskiej dostępu do ośrodków wypoczynkowych dla dyplomatów.
Decyzję o wydaleniu rosyjskich dyplomatów podjęły jeszcze w grudniu zeszłego roku poprzednie władze USA, przed odejściem z urzędu prezydenta Baracka Obamy. Amerykanie uzasadniali ten krok szykanowaniem pracowników ambasady USA w Moskwie i domniemaną ingerencją służb rosyjskich w wybory w USA.
Na terenie USA działały dotychczas cztery rosyjskie konsulaty generalne: w Nowym Jorku, San Francisco, Seattle i Houston. Stany Zjednoczone mają trzy konsulaty generalne w Federacji Rosyjskiej: w Petersburgu, Jekaterynburgu i Władywostoku.
Z Moskwy Anna Wróbel (PAP)

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Time to kill? These are the absolute best movies on Netflix

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Save yourself from hours of digging with this up-to-date list of the best movies on Netflix, whether you’re into explosive action or comedy.
Netflix offers roughly a gazillion movies through its streaming platform. While the landmark service can be surprisingly accurate with its suggestions, it’s often still tough to find something worth watching amid the deluge of choices. So we’ ve taken the time to wade through the ridiculous amount of content in order to bring you a list of some of the best movies on Netflix. Whether you’ re into found-footage films or a trip through Hollywood’s Golden Age, our list has you covered. Planning your weekend has never been easier.
If you’ re looking for what’s new on Netflix, we’ ve also put together a comprehensive list of those films, complete with release dates and suggestions regarding what you should watch.

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Video streaming device maker Roku files for IPO

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Video streaming device maker Roku Inc filed for an initial public offering on Friday, as the company looks to cash in on the booming demand for such services.
(Reuters) – Video streaming device maker Roku Inc filed for an initial public offering on Friday, as the company looks to cash in on the booming demand for such services.
The Los Gatos, California-based company said it applied to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ROKU”.
Connected to televisions, Roku devices provide access to services offered by Netflix Inc (NFLX. O) , Hulu, Amazon.com (AMZN. O) , Starz among others.
Roku had 15.1 million active accounts as of June 30, according to the filing. bit.ly/2wYNAkO
The company streamed 2.9 billion hours, including advertising, in the six months ended June 30, a 76 percent jump from a year earlier, according to the filing.
The filing did not mention the number of shares that will be offered and their price range.
Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets Inc are the lead bookrunners, according to the filing
Roku filed for an IPO of up to $100 million. The amount of money a company says it plans to raise in its first IPO filings is used to calculate registration fees. The final size of the IPO could be different.

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Houston flood: How you work when your office is underwater

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As they worked to deliver life-saving information, their own offices flooded.
They had a job to do.
“It was a lot of water gushing in, and the water line outside the doors was even higher. You could see where it would be ending up eventually, ” recalled Doug Deloney.
He knew he was surrounded by growing pool of flood water. He had to prepare for the inevitable moment when the deluge of murky liquid would break through the front lobby door of his office.
Deloney did the same thing he does every day at work: he pressed “go live” in the Facebook app on his cell phone.
“I was just in shock, so I kept the Facebook Live going as long as I could, ” he said.
Deloney’s job is to keep the public informed. He’s lived in Texas his entire life. He’s never seen any storm damage quite like this.
As the water levels rose, he heard shouting. It was his boss alerting the staff to evacuate immediately. The second floor shelter would not be enough of a sanctuary from Hurricane Harvey. Soon, the building would fill with about five feet of water.
“My desk went entirely underwater, and I was thinking, ‚Wait, what did I leave in my desk? What was there?‘ But the one thing I left was the photo of my wife. I felt bad about that, ” he remembered as his voice cracked as his eyes began to pool with a different sort of flood.
“I’ ve got my wife now so that’s what matters. It’s been stressful.”
Deloney is a Digital Reporter at KHOU-TV in Houston.
Within eight hours, Deloney and his coworkers were back on the air from a temporary workplace set up at the University of Houston. The station broadcast for almost 140 hours from that moment, as their own workplace sat water logged.
“The story is not about us, especially that day, ” Deloney warned.
That’s the motto of a journalist: “It’s not about us.”
KHOU is our sister station in Houston. When we asked these journalists to speak about their personal experiences, their first response was, „This story isn’t about me.“ However, the damage from this storm is so vast, the story is about everyone.
“We’re flooding too. We evacuated too. We’re sharing this story right alongside our viewers, ” explained Grace White.
White works with Deloney as a reporter at KHOU, but Grace is Houstonian first.
“It was my dream to work in Houston. Houston was my finish line, and here I am watching this happen to my city, ” she said.
White left her infant son with his father and drove her car to work on Sunday. That vehicle is a total loss, but her family is safe. She checks in between live shots from flood zones.
“I give him a quick hug, and I’ m like, ‚I have to get the script in for 10.‘ It sound horrible, but that little glimmer just gives me what I need, ” White explained.
White was holding another mother’s child when she realized the severity of the damage from Harvey.
“I was doing boat rescues, and somebody handed me a child. Since I’ m a young mom, my son is about to be two, when that baby was handed to me I lost it. The child was wrapped in a towel just screaming. When I saw that child’s face, I saw my son, ” White recalled.
KHOU anchor Rekha Muddaraj is living the same headlines she reads on air. She woke up to the loud popping sound of her downstairs floorboards springing up as water pushed in through the foundation. She and her husband and their two daughters rode in a rescue boast to safety.
Then she went on the air.
“Our reporter is out there talking about how the National Guard is there. I’m getting text messages from neighbors and then looking up and seeing them on the boat. And it’s just sad, because we are a member of this community. We are affected by it too, ” Muddaraj said.
Her neighborhood is still underwater.
“It’s surreal in a lot of ways, and it’s just our new normal. And I think we’re going to be ok. We’re going to be OK, ” she said.
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