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This week marks the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Amazingly, it has been 12 years.
Sadly, Hurricane Harvey has had a similar devastating impact on Houston that Katrina had on New Orleans. Our thoughts and prayers are with Texans. We are inspired by their resilience and community spirit as they rescue and support each other through this natural disaster. As many have said, we're experiencing the worst of Mother Nature and the best of human nature.
Post Katrina, the way in which we experience and process natural disasters is very different. Today, there's social media and smart phones. We're now all connected. Many have been rescued due to the power of social media.
And we continue to learn valuable lessons from Katrina and other hurricanes that improve the way we handle natural disasters. Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston, made the astute decision not to order a mandatory evacuation of Houston and risk having over 2 million people on the road when Hurricane Harvey hit. Given the flash flooding that has occurred, the decision not to evacuate was a smart one.
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