The Houston area has lost hundreds of thousands of cars, says Michael Hartmann, general manager of Don McGill Toyota of Katy, a city of 17,000 about 30 miles west of Houston. The wreckage has forced Houstonians to scramble to try to rent or borrow cars or to work from home — if they can. ———WHERE CARS ARE EVERYTHINGFew American cities depend on cars as much as Houston. Houston is even less amenable to walking, bicycle-riding and mass transit than freeway-mad Los Angeles, according to Walk Score, which promotes walkable communities. Most of the time, the insurance adjusters shake their heads at the damage Harvey has wrought and declare the cars a total loss.

Source: ABC News September 09, 2017 14:37 UTC