Texans need help, but also common sense

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Hurricane Harvey fueled historic rains and devastating flooding across a wide swath of East Texas.

If you really want to help these victims, send money!

If you know someone who is impacted, send the money directly to them rather than a GoFundMe page. Additionally, the Salvation Army is one of the best charitable organizations because its administrative fees are among the lowest.

Also, say a prayer for these people who have been impacted by this storm.

Jim Reid

Welcome to the future, where epic floods become common occurrence. As a nation, we are fully unprepared. Our infrastructure is inadequate and cannot handle these natural disasters.

But, by all means, keep scrubbing climate change from all government resources. That will fix it for sure.

Timothy Castantine

For all those Texans who like to scream about big government, do you think the people in Houston need big government right now?

If you were trapped in Houston, would you want big government to help you? Or do you think the people there should take care of this themselves? Local governments can't even begin to deal with a catastrophe like this.

Walt Stasinski

When all weather forecasters are using terms like “catastrophic,” “unprecedented,” “monster storm,” “strong possibility of feets of rain,” along with the fact that most of the area was declared a national state of emergency before the storm hit — with the urging of evacuation — yet some people decided to stay only to scream help later they have to be somewhat derelict in their abilities to recognize danger.

These people should be kept in a facility that protects them from harming themselves and others who have to risk their lives in rescue operations.

David Cooper