That was click-bait, but it is partly true https://www.click2houston.com/news/waugh-bridge-bat-colony-impacted-by-hurricane-harvey
It is plausible some of the bats flew away to safety before the storm. However, I think the flood at the bridge happened after the storm had long passed, so they might have been trapped like any other unsuspecting flood victim. It would seem this has happened many times before. So maybe there needs to be an alternative bat house built in this area. It would be cool for major cities to build an enormous wildlife tower, where vegetation and birds and insects and small mammals could live semi-naturally, with just a little prodding. Something like the pyramid rainforest at Moody Gardens, but on a much larger scale.
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