HOUSTON — No one doubted the danger that rose with the flood waters outside the Toyota Center. Houston had been through this too often to dismiss the warnings as just television news hysteria, as can be done with other storms in other cities.
We know what comes when the bayous swell and the streets turn to rivers. We don't panic, but we take this stuff seriously.
The scene in the Toyota Center on Monday night was in some ways surreal, with emotions bouncing from elation to concern, silly happiness from a stirring Rockets triumph over the Warriors to sober decision-making about how to get home before the sun.