Welcome to a short, extra late Hurricane/flooding update, since I was busy much of the day working on this giant post about my library on my non-political blog.
The death toll from Harvey is now up to 38.
Some links:
Beaumont had their water supply knocked out by the flood.
Waters begin to recede in Port Arthur, but tons of homes and businesses are still flooded.
The BBC offers up a rainfall total map for Harvey. 40+ inches over five days is pretty hard to plan for…
Vice President Mike Pence and Governor Greg Abbott visit Rockport.
President Donald Trump has pledged $1 million of his own money for Hurricane relief.
Direct FEMA Assistance website.
Salvation Army disaster recovery.
JJ Watt has raised $10 million for flood relief so far, including $1 million from Wal-Mart. Update: over $12 million now, and headed for a new $15 million goal.
Charlie Hebdo brings the dumbeth. My reply:
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.
