This week, catastrophic floods in Texas have claimed over 100 lives. Another devastating flood also struck Rongjiang, a small town in Southwest China. Both were devastating — but the outcomes told two very different stories.
In Texas, alerts never reached campers, warnings came too late. In Rongjiang, the response was fast and coordinated.
Floods don't just test infrastructure. They reveal a government's ability and willingness to protect its people.
Safety is a basic human right — one the US failed to guarantee for its own citizens, while continuing to lecture others around the world.