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Hurricane Ike: People Not Evacuating Face "Certain Death"
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DenogginizerOS
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The sea is angry today, my friends!
br0ken_shad0w
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Just heard 40% are still staying in Galveston. What the fuck?
greepoman said:
I just did a check on that, apparently they are normally 20-40 miles........ So this is a quite a bit bigger. I also read they can get up to 120 miles though. :-/
br0ken_shad0w said:
Yeah I heard that as well. That's around 24000 people according to CNN. That's pretty crazy. :-/ I don't understand how that many people ignore warnings of certain death. :-/
Ranger X said:
CNN are saying Cat 2 in wind strength and Cat 4 in terms of the surge. It's not really something you can determine with a single number as people have said.
Smiles and Cries
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this photo that was on cnn.com's front page of a home burning 
I know Katrina was much worse than this, but these pictures of Galveston are freaking me out completely. Its one of my favorite places in the world..
In young StoOgEs world a beach house there was summer vacation pretty much every year. I hope the island survives and rebuilds, its a great place.. Im just picturing all my favorite places to go there and picturing them devstated and its just too much really... and no city should be devastated like this twice. But Jesus, its already over the storm wall. I cant believe that, the thing is massive. Built to make sure Galveston was never destroyed again, may not have been enough.
In young StoOgEs world a beach house there was summer vacation pretty much every year. I hope the island survives and rebuilds, its a great place.. Im just picturing all my favorite places to go there and picturing them devstated and its just too much really... and no city should be devastated like this twice. But Jesus, its already over the storm wall. I cant believe that, the thing is massive. Built to make sure Galveston was never destroyed again, may not have been enough.
br0ken_shad0w
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And hopefully Sugar Land (where I live) makes it. Looks like hurricane force winds (or close to it) will reach there though and my home and subdivision aren't exactly hurricane proof.
From msnbc.com's front page:
If that's not photoshopped, what the fuck man? How do some peoples' brains work?
"Leave or perish."
"I'm gonna gosh darn takes mah kid to those there tigh dal waves!"
Edit: Oh, I didn't read the headline: As Ike storm surge begins, its time for prayers. I guess Jesus is going to save them.
If that's not photoshopped, what the fuck man? How do some peoples' brains work?
"Leave or perish."
"I'm gonna gosh darn takes mah kid to those there tigh dal waves!"
Edit: Oh, I didn't read the headline: As Ike storm surge begins, its time for prayers. I guess Jesus is going to save them.
StormyTheRabbit
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GHG said:
While this is true, it still doesnt make sense. I mean, you sitting in your house while it is destroyed doesnt do anything for the house.
I get it though, its "home", there is a strong attachment to places and especially the memories in them. But you cant save the home by staying.
Im really seriously getting sad sitting at work right now.
StarscreamLSU
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StoOgE said:
The surge wasn't what got NOLA though. It managed to survive the storm withouth major flooding -- it was the levee breaching that put all the water into NOLA.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/weather/09/12/hurricane.ike.texas/t1wide.burn.ap.jpg (if image doesn't work)
Shit is bursting into flames now.
br0ken_shad0w
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StoOgE said:
As long as it doesn't camp like Allison, it should be fine. Flooding will happen, but nowhere near what Allison did.
I'm more worried about the wind. There's a bunch of old trees surrounding where I live, and my house isn't what I call stable. It doesn't help there's a bunch of discarded tree limbs that my neighbor keeps leaving out across the street.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Some pics I took.
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Smiles and Cries
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have they given a time for landfall?
GHG
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StoOgE said:
Exactly. And memories are exactly that... memories. You aint got anymore memories when you're dead.
Dali said:
How can you not be bothered though. I mean have you seen pictures of this thing ^^^??? Just pack up what you can an GTFO. If you're lazy about such a serious issue that involves your life like that then whats the point in even living? How lazy must these people be with general day to day activity?
:lol :lol :lol
Smiles and Cries
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fire insurance is easier than flood insurance?Fjolle said:
AndresON777
shooting blanks
Lathentar said:
:lol
'and now there's a person in a bear suit, that's a first'
:lol
Fjolle
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You dont have any safety devices in your electrical installations?Branduil said:
/sorry for my ignorance, but im not from usa
It's not a simple pack your shit and GTFO. It's a huge pain in the ass and since the vast majority of the time the warnings are overblown I can understand why someone would ignore them. You look at Houston's evacuation during Rita and you get a glimpse of how staying put is sometimes better than evacuating. That's if you have transport. If not you've got to resolve that issue. Once you've got a car you need a place to go. Shelters blow dick so you really want to avoid those. It's a serious hassle that boils down to are you equipped to ride it out at home or should you leave. I don't know what I'd do in this situation but I know people that live on beaches that rarely leave when told to evacuate and are glad they didn't every time.GHG said:
Back to my original point: It's not something as simple as materialism.
phalestine
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Yo, my uncle ( who owns a few gas stations) just called me to let me know that if I need gas to get it NOW, since his report says to jump the price by 70 cents by tomorrow morning. so if you need gas get it as soon as you can.
Yeah, Greens Bayou ALWAYS floods. it flooded during Allison, yet my residential area stayed dry.
For perspective, I live about 4-5 miles from the pictures you've seen on the news around I-10 and Uvalde. My neighborhood entrance is off Uvalde. I am definately concerned about water now.
For perspective, I live about 4-5 miles from the pictures you've seen on the news around I-10 and Uvalde. My neighborhood entrance is off Uvalde. I am definately concerned about water now.
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