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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I saw Oprah this morning giving a "motivational speech" to the homeless currently living in the Astrodome. She called their former housing (the Superdome) a disgusting place. She was wearing a very very snug top to show off her recent weight loss/gain (I cannot keep up anymore) and did not have her hair done - which I thought was a nice touch considering the audience. I am surprised she did not give them all cars. Or t-shirts. Or something.
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It's surprisingly normal here given that there are 125,000 more people here than when I left.
The airport was busy at noon, but there didn't seem to be that many more people on the busses and rail, and Hermann Park was surprisingly empty, even though the temperature was sort of low (89ish). I would want to get the hell out for a little while.
I suspect that the Target and the Fiesta on Main have been leveled, and I think the liquor store next to the Fiesta should be open 24 hours.
My brother said that Friday evening at the Reliant Arena was a wholly unorganized mess, but people figured stuff out to get ready for the influx of people, and Mayor White is rapidly becoming a local hero.
I'm going to have a lot of after-the-fact documentation to do in the next few weeks.
