Houston in Trouble

I’ve talked to a few of my friends and family in Houston and it sounds pretty awful.  The city is being evacuated and the freeways are packed.  

My brother saw an almost riot at the local Walgreens when the store closed and refused to fill any prescriptions, including one for anti-rejection medication by a recent transplant patient.  The district manager responded with a “too bad” and was escorted off by the police, because I don’t think the waiting crowd was going to let him go that easily.  

Mobile towers are overwhelmed; so many calls are not going through or are dropped unexpectedly.  I’ve asked everyone to stay in touch, so we will see.

One thing that the last few weeks have shown is that society doesn’t require that much to fall apart.  Your government can’t protect you.  We idealize things but in the end it’s every person for themselves.