smw1981 wrote:With 16 children, he may not have had the resources to evacuate! They just said on TWC that there are no shelters in Houston pre-storm (Not sure if that's true or not). Therefore he would have had to drive a good distance to get to a safe place (with 16 kids). I'm not saying it was a good decision to stay...just saying that he may not have had a decision to make.
I'm willing to bet that if this guy would've requested assistance to get his kids to safety, he would've gotten it. By a legal definition of child endangerment I found, this seems to qualify.
"Child Endangerment laws make it a crime to endanger the health or life of a child through an adult's recklessness or indifference."