One of the first buses to arrive in Houston after Hurricane Katrina was driven by a 20-year-old who had stolen it to help evacuate people from the disaster.
The man behind one of the first buses to escape New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was 20-year-old Jabbar Gibson. On August 31, 2005, as floodwaters engulfed the city and conditions at the Louisiana Superdome deteriorated, Gibson found an abandoned school bus with the keys still inside. Instead of waiting for delayed rescue efforts, he took the bus and loaded around 70 stranded people—including children, elderly residents, and families—to get them out of the disaster zone.
Driving for nearly seven hours through flooded roads, storm debris, and police checkpoints, Gibson safely reached Houston, Texas. When the bus arrived at the Astrodome, officials initially assumed it was part of an organized government evacuation before discovering Gibson had acted entirely on his own. Although taking the bus was technically illegal, his actions were widely praised, and he was celebrated as a hero for helping save dozens of lives during one of America’s deadliest natural disasters.
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
@InlandCaGuy this is why i mostly ignore reviews, a good chunk of negative reviews regarding staff are from people who expect staff to be their personal butlers
Kamala wins first state > crashes to third in Nevada as AOC wins > AOC takes NH > MI narrowly goes Kamala > Buttigieg and Newsom drop before Super Tuesday and endorse Kamala, Khanna drops to endorse AOC > Kamala takes Super Tuesday
Democrats lose to Vance-Rubio ticket
Couldn’t even let the Manchester City association ruin the admiration of him. Giant of a player. Damn near a midfield on his own. Controls the game and is also the first to stop any attack. It’s like Sergio Busquets with his shorts pulled up to his stomach.
You cannot hear much through the glass at MetLife Stadium in the press box but you could very much hear significant boos and whistles when U.S. president Donald Trump walked out alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino.