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Post by zztop11 on Aug 28, 2017 17:15:24 GMT
 Supposedly this is a real picture. It's surreal isn't it. Hard to believe they would look that calm and just be sitting around. One women looks like she is doing some hand sewing. I found it on CNN. |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 28, 2017 17:18:29 GMT
i saw this and found it to be one of the saddest pics from the storm. but the people look so calm. i swear, that generation is so resilient.
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Post by wellway on Aug 28, 2017 17:20:10 GMT
I have seen it, from what I read, the owner's daughter tweeted it to get help because the water level went from ankle deep to chest deep in 15 mins.
I believe they have all been rescued, thankfully.
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Post by scrappert on Aug 28, 2017 17:37:33 GMT
That is horrible. I am glad they have been rescued.
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Post by redshoes on Aug 28, 2017 17:39:14 GMT
I saw it yesterday and my heart broke....I cannot imagine how scared they may have been, no knowing when/if they would be rescued.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 28, 2017 17:49:04 GMT
The owner sent the picture to her SIL and DD to get help... They are all now safe.
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Post by wellway on Aug 28, 2017 18:16:17 GMT
i saw this and found it to be one of the saddest pics from the storm. but the people look so calm. i swear, that generation is so resilient. Talking about the resilient older generation I saw this photo on the BBC news site of a lady and her dog on an air bed waiting for assistance. I don't know the result but hope she was somewhere warm and dry asap.  |
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Post by AmandaA on Aug 28, 2017 18:50:54 GMT
I know nothing more than seeing the photo, but it made me want to vomit when I did. I don't care how fast the water rose.... they knew there was a hurricane coming... A FREAKING HURRICANE. Why weren't they evacuated before the storm hit?! Nursing homes are entrusted to care for some of the most vulnerable and fragile people in our society and this is appalling to me as a health care worker.
But at the same time it just goes to show what "the greatest generation" can handle while last night's news showed able bodied young people, one after another, being rafted out of areas and screaming and crying about why no one was answering when they called 911.
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Post by peabay on Aug 28, 2017 18:53:59 GMT
I know nothing more than seeing the photo, but it made me want to vomit when I did. I don't care how fast the water rose.... they knew there was a hurricane coming... A FREAKING HURRICANE. Why weren't they evacuated before the storm hit?! Nursing homes are entrusted to care for some of the most vulnerable and fragile people in our society and this is appalling to me as a health care worker. But at the same time it just goes to show what "the greatest generation" can handle while last night's news showed able bodied young people, one after another, being rafted out of areas and screaming and crying about why no one was answering when they called 911. I'm sure someone from TX will know more than I will, but many of the areas weren't evacuated because they didn't know they would be flooded. And, honestly, there's no way to evacuate 2+million people. Where are they ALL going to go? I agree that the vulnerable should be thought of first in situations like these, but they probably didn't think it would be that bad where they were. |
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Post by Mystie on Aug 28, 2017 18:54:01 GMT
We saw that picture on CNN last night and I got teary-eyed. I'm glad they're okay, but that must have been so frightening.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 19:05:19 GMT
She was fiddling with her life preserver (the red items) not hand sewing.
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Post by pondrunner on Aug 28, 2017 19:13:04 GMT
I know nothing more than seeing the photo, but it made me want to vomit when I did. I don't care how fast the water rose.... they knew there was a hurricane coming... A FREAKING HURRICANE. Why weren't they evacuated before the storm hit?! Nursing homes are entrusted to care for some of the most vulnerable and fragile people in our society and this is appalling to me as a health care worker. But at the same time it just goes to show what "the greatest generation" can handle while last night's news showed able bodied young people, one after another, being rafted out of areas and screaming and crying about why no one was answering when they called 911. When they tried to evacuate people ahead of previous storms, as many people died in the evacuation as died in the storm, Rita is one example. Because those patients are vulnerable you have to weigh the impact of evacuating as well as the impact of not evacuating. Evacuating is arduous and sometimes fatal for some, in all but the most extreme circumstances it is safer to shelter nursing home patients in place. Unfortunately this time the worst case scenario occurred. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 28, 2017 19:21:49 GMT
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Post by mrssmith on Aug 28, 2017 19:22:13 GMT
I thought I read people got conflicting info from state/local governments about evacuation. And some won't evacuate regardless.
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Post by peabay on Aug 28, 2017 19:23:07 GMT
And I just heard on NPR that the water rose much faster than anyone thought it would.
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Post by LeaP on Aug 28, 2017 19:35:42 GMT
I know nothing more than seeing the photo, but it made me want to vomit when I did. I don't care how fast the water rose.... they knew there was a hurricane coming... A FREAKING HURRICANE. Why weren't they evacuated before the storm hit?! Nursing homes are entrusted to care for some of the most vulnerable and fragile people in our society and this is appalling to me as a health care worker. But at the same time it just goes to show what "the greatest generation" can handle while last night's news showed able bodied young people, one after another, being rafted out of areas and screaming and crying about why no one was answering when they called 911. I'm sure someone from TX will know more than I will, but many of the areas weren't evacuated because they didn't know they would be flooded. And, honestly, there's no way to evacuate 2+million people. Where are they ALL going to go? I agree that the vulnerable should be thought of first in situations like these, but they probably didn't think it would be that bad where they were. Per this article some areas that are not in floodplains have been flooding because of raised developments, overtaxed drainage and paved prairieland. It is complicated. SaveSaveSaveSave |
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Post by delila on Aug 28, 2017 20:52:53 GMT
Did anyone else notice the cat in the pic? Hope she was rescued also.
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Post by wasil on Aug 28, 2017 21:06:18 GMT
I didn't see the cat at first but I thought that those little snacks on the table looked an awful lot like cat food!
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Post by miss_lizzie on Aug 28, 2017 21:11:32 GMT
Did anyone else notice the cat in the pic? Hope she was rescued also. delila I had that same thought. |
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 28, 2017 21:30:43 GMT
That photo is very hard to look at and it must have been terrifying for the care home owner when the water started to rise so rapidly. The initial report I saw said her phone was dying and she wasn't getting any response from calling 911.
I think she did everything she could to look after her residents.
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Post by psiluvu on Aug 28, 2017 22:52:21 GMT
I was almost physically sick when I saw this picture. My mom is wheelchair bound in a nursing home and deathly afraid of water. I'm sure if she was in this situation she would have died of a heart attack. I can"t believe how calm these residents appear. I am so glad these people were rescued and hopefully the cat was too
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Post by peabay on Aug 28, 2017 23:14:31 GMT
Just saw an updated picture of them, all safe. I'll see if I can find it.
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Post by crittsmom on Aug 29, 2017 1:44:18 GMT
Just saw an updated picture of them, all safe. I'll see if I can find it. I just saw the same picture, on the news. I'm so happy to hear that they are safe. |
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 29, 2017 22:34:54 GMT
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Post by #notLauren on Aug 29, 2017 22:36:16 GMT
How terrifying for those poor women. I'm so glad it turned out well for them.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 30, 2017 1:54:09 GMT
Oh my goodness! That's simply terrifying!  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 30, 2017 11:24:40 GMT
I saw the original photo and this one too. So glad they are okay. |
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