The New York Times’ Houston bureau chief Manny Fernandez, who is covering the catastrophic mass-flooding from Hurricane Harvey that has left tens of thousands of people flooded out of their homes, posted a humble-brag photo to Twitter Monday night of his waterlogged reporter’s notebook with the caption, “It’s been a long day.”
It's been a long day pic.twitter.com/Bbpu0C29A1
— Manny Fernandez (@mannyNYT) August 29, 2017
Manny Fernandez, image via Twitter avatar.
Fernandez posted photos of the flooding starting at 8:42 a.m. CDT.
610 and Braeswood Blvd in Houston at 8:40 am local time pic.twitter.com/EcScMqbTPb
— Manny Fernandez (@mannyNYT) August 28, 2017
Fernandez’s last photo was posted at 6:14 p.m. CDT. His humble-brag photo was posted at 10:18 p.m. CDT.
Massive rescue operation happening at Beltway 8 at Tidwell, dozens of civilian boats helping with evacuations pic.twitter.com/R3ExURH0e8
— Manny Fernandez (@mannyNYT) August 28, 2017
Fernandez lives in Houston and said on Sunday his family is safe.
Good for him. Too bad about his reporter’s notebook. In another era, a reporter would have been too embarrassed to post a photo of his water-logged notebook with the self-glorifying caption, “It’s been a long day,” while tens of thousands of real victims are flooded out of their homes.