Let’s fix it

Regarding “High-water rescues abound as area struggles to recover” (Page A1, Wednesday), there have been tons of opinions and conversation out there already. Here is my take on it: Houston floods. Period. End of story.

Everyone involved must draw a line in the sand. Begin working together to address the causes of these problems, create a plan and begin! There’s no room or time for blame. Let’s try honesty and integrity.

We are the fourth- larg- est city in the country. We have the oil and gas industry. We have a world-famous medical center. We have NASA. It isn’t rocket science folks. Houston floods. Period. End of story.

It seems to me that in the year 1900 Galveston was hit with the worst natural disaster in history to date, and the engineers realized that it could happen again. They made a plan, they started, continued moving forward and completed the raising of the island. And how about this — they did it without the aid of computers, models, imaging and whatever else can be used for this today.

How about one “clearinghouse” of sorts for the city that enables any citizen to call or write-in with ideas on how to make this problem disappear? And how to deal with it when and if it happens again. It is time to stop throwing blame, work together, provide opportunities for those with ideas and solutions and create a plan! And fix this problem. Period. End of story.