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00:00Melania Trump was spotted heading to the Houston flood zone in stilettos, and the internet

00:04has something to say about it. Tuesday morning, the first lady boarded a plane en route to

00:09Corpus Christi, Texas, alongside President Donald Trump for a briefing on Hurricane Harvey.

00:14And despite light showers in Washington, D.C. and a disastrous storm at her destination,

00:19Melania boarded Air Force One wearing 5-inch stilettos. Since making landfall Friday,

00:24Harvey has devastated Houston, the fourth largest city in the country, and the surrounding areas

00:29resulting in nine deaths and the displacement of thousands. Experts are calling the storm,

00:34which has dumped as much as two feet of water in certain neighborhoods in the span of hours,

00:38the worst that Texas has seen in 50 years. Given the catastrophic nature of Harvey, critics on social

00:44media were quick to question Melania's glamorous departure look. Michael Ian Black wrote on Twitter,

00:49Not an expert, but are stiletto heels the best footwear for a disaster zone? Another Twitter user

00:54referred to Melania as Disaster Barbie, saying she comes with all the latest accessories,

00:596-inch stilettos, cropped pants, a snazzy bomber jacket and a moron to pay for it.

01:04CNN reporter Kate Bennett speculates that Melania will swap shoes for something more

01:08practical once she arrives in Texas. However, for his part, the president boarded Air Force One

01:13wearing work boots. According to Bennett, the first lady's communications director responded to

01:18Twitter critics, saying,

01:19By the time she arrived in Texas three hours later, Melania had completely changed her look. Not only did

01:31she trade her stilettos for sneakers, but she also ditched her fashion-forward bomber jacket and

01:36tucked her hair into a black Flotus baseball cap. For more on this story, check out THR.com's

01:41Preda Reporter. And be sure to let me know your thoughts in the comments. And honestly, I

01:45switched shoes multiple times a day because if I wasn't wearing heels, you wouldn't be able

01:49to see me. I'm Tiffany Taylor from The Hollywood Reporter News.