ADVERTISEMENTViral photos like the one of residents in an assisted living home sitting in waist-high floodwater have onlookers wondering why these and other kinds of health care facilities didn’t evacuate before Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Here are a few of the logistical issues hospitals and care facilities in Houston face when floodwaters rise. Where should 14,000 Houston patients go in the event of a mass evacuation? Do Houston hospitals have the resources to shelter in place? A nurse in Texas coordinated the evacuation by boat of a Houston hospital as she evacuated her own home.

Source: Huffington Post August 30, 2017 02:56 UTC