Analysis: A weather map for Texas’ COVID-19 response

Let’s get this part out of the way: Nobody likes hurricanes.

But it’s great, after all of these months, to see state and local governments putting most of the politics aside and working side by side to keep people safe during a hurricane season that has already seen two storms land in Texas.

It’s a regular routine by now. Somewhere, there’s a stash of work shirts with embroidered mayoral and gubernatorial patches to be cracked open when the weather is threatening. Not all of them get their hands dirty, but they look like they could if they wanted to.