Editor, The Times:
Houston is the hub of the U.S. oil industry and climate change denial is an industry all in itself there.
Now, the people of Houston sit upon their roofs waiting for rescue that may take hours or days – mainly because of tax cuts aimed at putting more money in the pockets of the needy rich such as the Koch brother.
Not only that but after this settles – the water recedes and the winds die down – their troubles won’t end.
If New Orleans can serve as an example, the vulture capitalists will descend upon Houston to redevelop the city in their own image.
According to my daughter, who is a town planner in Edmonton, around 200,000 former citizens of New Orleans, mostly poor and black, never returned to that city after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
It is said that nothing was more convincing on the subject of climate change than watching the ocean surge into the subways of New York City during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
So, maybe some good will come from the watery horror that is today’s Houston and area.
Dennis Peacock
Clearwater, B.C.