Lili tsiku lachitatu lakugwa kwa mkuntho wa Hurricane Harvey ku Texas, ndipo omwe amathandizira pafupipafupi ku eTN, a Dr. Peter Tarlow, akupitiliza kugawana zomwe akumana nazo ndi owerenga eTN.
Tsopano tili tsiku lachitatu la zomwe zikuwoneka ngati kwamuyaya. Choyamba, tonse tili otetezeka komanso opanda vuto lililonse ndipo pali mwayi kuti lero tikhala ndi mwayi pakugwa mvula nthawi zonse. Pakadali pano, tili pansi pa chenjezo lamadzi osefukira!
Pakadali pano ku College Station takhala ndi mvula zina 18 (masentimita 45.72), ndipo tikuyembekezera mainchesi ena 18. Houston anali kale ndi mvula yambiri ya 25-30 mainchesi enanso 25-30 mainchesi (76.2 sentimita) yomwe ikuyembekezeka sabata ino kugwa. Kuti tiwone kukula kwa dera la Houston, tikulankhula za anthu opitilira 3,000,000 m'matauni kukula kwa dziko la Delaware.
Monga tanenera dzulo, palibe amene amasamalira mavuto kuposa Texas, ndipo tikupitilizabe kuchita chidwi ndi momwe mabungwe aboma akumaboma, maboma, komanso mabungwe aboma. Tsoka ilo, mkuntho umatsekedwa pakati pamakina awiri othamanga kwambiri - umodzi kumadzulo wina kummawa. Chifukwa chake, mkuntho wokhala pakati pa makina awiri othamanga kwambiri ukutulutsa madzi kuchokera ku Gulf of Mexico ngati makina akuluakulu "oyamwa madzi". Palibe chilichonse chomwe aliyense angachite.
Ngakhale zili choncho, FEMA ikuyenera kuyamikiridwa, apolisi ndi othandizira ena oyamba (moto, ambulansi) akugwira ntchito yochititsa chidwi, ndipo oyandikana nawo akuchita chilichonse kuti athandizane. Ndimachita chidwi ndi momwe anthu amathandizira anthu ndikusangalala. Buku la Texans limadzidalira ndipo limatsatira mfundo ya m'buku la Levitiko kuti: "v'Ahavtah et re'echah kmochah / Uzikonda mnansi wako monga umadzikondera wekha." Chiwerengero cha nkhani za anthu omwe amaika miyoyo yawo pachiswe kuti athandize ena atha kudzaza buku.
Kamodzi, ndale zayikidwa pambali, ndipo m'malo mopanga mfundo zandale, anthu afika ku bizinesi yopulumutsa miyoyo. Pakadali pano ku Houston kokha, anthu pafupifupi 57,000 apulumutsidwa. Ntchito zopulumutsa zipitilira sabata yonseyi. Mantha akulu ndikuti Harvey amatembenukira chakum'mawa, amatenganso mphamvu zake kenako ndikumenyanso Houston ngati mkuntho watsopano womwe wapangidwanso kumene. Ndikumayambiriro kwambiri kuti tidziwe ngati vutoli litha kapena ayi, komanso pali mwayi woti mphepo yamkuntho ingofa kumadzulo kwa Texas. Tiyenera kudziwa Lachitatu. Madera ambiri a Houston tsopano ali pansi pa madzi (8 mita). Misewu ikuluikulu yonse yatsekedwa mbali zonse komanso doko ndi eyapoti.
Ngakhale kuyesetsanso kumangako kudzakhala kwakukulu, mzindawu ukuwoneka kuti watsimikiza kubwerera kolimba komanso kuposa kale.
Apa, ku College Station, University idayenera kuyimitsa maphunziro, chifukwa chake sipadzakhala kuphunzitsa mawa. Mphindi yopumula, akavalo awiri adamasulidwa mumsewu waukulu wamzindawu, ndipo apolisi amayenera kuthamangitsa ndi kupulumutsa akavalo pakati pa tawuni, omwe anali osefukira. Chifukwa chake, tidachitidwa chidwi ndi apolisi, omwe anali atanyoweratu, kuthamangitsa akavalo amtchire pakati pa "nyanja yamatauni!" Akavalo anagwidwa, apolisi anauma, ndipo tonsefe tinali ndi zoseketsa pang'ono kutithandizira kuthana ndi tsiku lovuta kwambiri.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- In a moment of comic relief, two horses got loose on the city's main street, and the police had to chase and save the horses in the middle of town, which of course was flooded.
- To judge just how big the Houston area is, we are talking about a population of over 3,000,000 people in an urban area the size of the state of Delaware.
- First, we are all safe and sound and there is a chance that today we shall have a small let-up in the constant downpours.
