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geomon666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 10:43 AM
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Ike evacuees sneak back onto ravaged Galveston
Source: The Associated Press

Another miles-long traffic jam clogged the only highway into the city Saturday. Some ignored orders to turn around, while others resorted to deception to sneak past police guarding a roadblock.

David Culpepper met his brother Joe in Atlanta, put a phony magnetic sign on a truck to masquerade as contractors and drove down to help a third brother, Michael, who owns an antiques shop on Galveston.

Guards at the checkpoint waved Joe and David Culpepper right in.

"Not getting on this island was not an option," David Culpepper said. "We have a brother in need."

Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jG1m4XT341oCKXPMIZlKffdhP9vwD93B2QV80
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 10:57 AM
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1. Love it.. Fuck the guvmint.. they aren't doing anything useful anyway..
Sad when the 1st responders had to be rescued.. actually its sad and pathetic and our media is soooo fucking complicit.
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