houston mayor sylvester turner tell citizens evacuate people furious houstonians trap people report dead get bad devastate flood continue make water rise even high gov abbott call evacuations local officials like houston mayor contradict local leaders know best francisco sanchez spokesman harris county office homeland security emergency management tweet response abbott warn evacuation order houston ones communities harris county sanchez stressed.in follow-up tweet sanchez urge residents heed advice local officials like harris county judge ed emmett houston mayor sylvester turner rather abbott.local officials know best houston evacuation order harris county limit select communities local leaders know best https //t.co/dpw11lb1en francisco sanchez disasterpio august 25 2017things get bad houston us army corps engineer announce plan begin release water buffalo bayou two flood-control dam attempt prevent uncontrollable flood downtown near houston ship channel.just horrific twitter inundate tweet people beg water rescue flood water continue rise across houston pic.twitter.com/sjfgwgqrwd matt mcdermott mattmfm august 27 201715 nurse home residents evacuate dickinson tx city authorities say sunday night rescue 1,000 people trap roof homes.sheriff deputies rescue trucker deep flood houston mayor sunday defend decision evacuate city ahead storm insist would create even bad nightmare think situation right bad give order evacuate create nightmare especially plan mayor sylvester turner tell abc.houston problemthe texas governor say time second guess houston mayor time second-guess decisions make abbott say stage need respond emergencies necessities people houston officials comment come everyone hospital patients tv anchor prison inmates force flee ravage southeast part state.patients houston ben taub hospital move medical facilities water seep basement damage electrical system.khou-tv anchorman len cannon air sunday morning spot water come station co-workers force second-floor conference room houston problem houston mayor defend evacuation scenes desperation increase video