What did Texas responders learn from Katrina? That people are very dedicated to their pets

Somewhere the other day I read that Texans put what they learned from hurricane Katrina to use in the response to hurricane Harvey. I call B.S.

Texas experts who offered their assistance to Louisiana were turned away. And the local and state officials made a mess of it. The never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste crowd quickly blamed George W. Bush. And he suffered for his decision to not take control away from the local and state governments.

As for lessons learned from Katrina, there were two. One was that people love their pets so much that they would rather stay in a hazardous situation than leave them behind. So images of people and pets being carried out of the Harvey flood zone are common now. And rescuers accommodate the little critters.

The second lesson was that now, unlike in the past, voters will blame a Republican president should anything in the recovery effort goes wrong. If the roles were reversed, Republicans would do the same thing to Democrats, but without the tailwind of the msm they wouldn't get any traction.

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12:37 PM 9/2/2017