Houston

What is left to say?  Nobody should endure this kind of natural disaster, and nobody wants to talk about how urban sprawl is contributing to it.  Plenty of time for that later.  A few observations:

I'm not hearing the phrase "fake news" as reporters and technicians from CNN and elsewhere risk their lives to cover the floods.  Is anybody from Breitbart wading through the armpit-deep water with one eye out for snakes?  Doesn't Alex Jones live in Texas?  I await his eyewitness reporting.  (Not really.)

Two weeks ago there were floods in Sierra  Leone that killed hundreds, but if you didn't watch BBC America you might not know it. 

Scores of Texans are responding to the emergency by climbing into small boats and paddling house to house to rescue their neighbors.  So far, no one has referenced the movie Dunkirk, now in a theatre near you.  This is probably a good thing.

The rain hasn't stopped, but on Tuesday the city government and police, already stretched to the limit, will have to endure a presidential visit.  The last time candidate you-know-how visited a natural disaster he brought a carton of Play-Doh.  (I can't make this stuff up, I'm not Alfred Jarry or Christopher Smart.)  This time I'm guessing a pallet of Trump Steaks, perfect for people who have no electricity, refrigeration or kitchens.  And an invoice to the city of Houston.