Good enough for Texas

Report from Deer Park:

Officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and local emergency management agencies are continuously monitoring air quality, which are still at acceptable levels.

Acceptable for Texas is not the same as acceptable.

Many years ago, I took the free tour of the Houston Ship Channel on the Sam Houston. As we passed a 48-inch pipe, a small stream of dark effluent was pouring into the channel. One of the tourists commented on how horrible that was.

The guide replied:

"You should have seen it before regulation. The companies love to show off that pipe now."