Shades of Disasters Past

If you are reading this, I'm hoping that means that you rode out Hurricane Harvey okay. I've lived in Houston since 1996 and I'm speechless at the sadness, devastation, heroism, and sense of community that I've seen unfolding over the past several days. This city and county never cease to amaze me. My family and I made it through (thus far) with no flooding and minimal damage. I hope the same is true for you and your families. My heart and prayers go out to those who have lost so much. Having gone through both Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Ike during my years as a prosecutor, I've been seeing very similar reports coming out of the CJC over the past several days. As many of you may remember, during Allison, the brand new CJC proved to be absolutely useless during a flood. Water filled the basement and elevator shafts, rendering the building unusable for almost a year. Some modifications were made, and the building did substantially better during