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Why Texans heard conflicting messages about evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey

  • Written by Ashley Ross, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University
imageCars leaving Beaumont, Texas during a mandatory evacuation before the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, August 30, 2008.Patsy Lynch/FEMA

“Your safest option is to stay put.” This message from Houston-area emergency management officials is difficult to reconcile with images of elderly nursing home residents sitting in waist-deep water and boat...

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