Two Hurricanes in Two Weeks Bring Two Very Different Reactions

by | Sep 8, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Evacuations and Evacuees, Finance, Floods, Houston (Tex), Hurricane Harvey (2017), Hurricane Irma (2017), Miami-Dade County (Fla), Non-Bank Loans, Turner, Sylvester, Working Capital

While officials in Houston did not order an evacuation before Hurricane Harvey, their counterparts in Florida were urging residents to leave as Hurricane Irma approached.

Houston Mayor’s No-Win Dilemma: Whether to Tell Residents to Stay or Go

by | Aug 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Emmett, Ed, Finance, Houston (Tex), Hurricane Harvey (2017), Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, Non-Bank Loans, Turner, Sylvester, Working Capital

With Hurricane Harvey bearing down, Mayor Sylvester Turner had to weigh the risks of sheltering in place against the dangers of a mandatory evacuation that would hopelessly clog highways. Not everyone agrees that he made the right call.