Not the brightest crayon in the box

So now that the worst part of Hurricane Rita is behind us, what is there left to do? Well, for one thing we should seriously look at what may have been the cause of the mass confusion the last few days. There was serious gridlock that has never occurred in Houston before with the evacuation. All of the gas stations were without fuel and all of the stores were shutting down early because there was a shortage of employees. The airport even had 150 of the 350 employees not show up for work on Thursday (two whole days before Rita was supposed to hit Houston). This caused people to miss their flights and create havoc at the airport. Do you know who I blame for all of this chaos?

Our beloved mayor Bill White.

He called for a voluntary evacuation earlier in the week at the same time as the mandatory evacuation of the coastal region. What was he thinking???? Of course, after witnessing the devastation of Katrina most people were terrified of a hurricane hitting Houston. What people did not understand was the difference between Katrina and Rita. There is a huge difference in where the hurricanes landed. Houston is nothing like New Orleans. We are not under sea level and we are not surrounded by a lake and a river. So most of the devastation was caused by the levees breaking and not from direct impact of the hurricane. I am not taking anything away from the Katrina tragedy. That was extremely tragic and I feel pain for the people that had to live through that hurricane, but this hurricane was a completely different event. So when our mayor decided to call for the voluntary evacuation without preparing for it first, then he created the mass hysteria and chaos.

The worst part is that he is not taking responsibility for his mistakes. Noooo, he is trying to spin the situation and not show his failures. He is saying that it could still have been bad and that the people that evacuated were doing the right thing.

Bullshit....

And now what are we going to do when all of these millions of people try to return to Houston? I hope there is some form of investigation into the failure of our local government. Where are the investigative reporters when you need them?