Governor Greg
Abbot of Texas is holding a press conference to discuss the preparations for
the approaching hurricane Hanna. There will be deaths and plenty of property
damage. I do wish the residents of Texas well during this trying time.
The governor is calling out the national guard, has prepared his request for federal aid, ordering people to leave the path of the hurricane, and asking them to seek cover to protect themselves. The police, the national guard and other officials will do everything they can to help people avoid death, injury, and property damage. The president is watching the situation to send all the help needed, or at least should be. The governor is taking an “all hands-on deck” approach.
Well, not to discount the number of people that will die, be homeless and
suffer through months of frustration, if not years, because of the hurricane, but
Covid-19 will cause more deaths, more injuries that will last a life time and
more damage to the economy than the hurricane. And, if nothing is done it will
be like a hurricane that has stalled over a populated area.
The all hands-on deck approach to the pandemic is what my own Governor Whitmer of
Michigan and what Governor Cuomo of New York did to protect the residents of
their states. While nether state is
through the pandemic, we get an "A" rating for the response. The residents of Michigan and New York are on their way out of
the trouble if everyone stays focused.
States that did not take an all hands-on deck approach are still suffering. Most, if not all the states in the south, are suffering the worse right now. All because they did not take the pandemic seriously.
If all states had taken the same kind of approach that the Governor of Texas is
taking for the approaching hurricane, the death, the injuries, and the damage
to the economy would have been minimal.
Wake up people. Take this thing seriously.
