Atman
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:15 PM
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Is a disaster in the works on Texas hiway? |
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What the hell happens to the hundreds of thousands of families stuck in their cars on that stretch of hiway when the storm moves in? I'd be hoping I was near somebody towing a boat!
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:18 PM
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1. For some reason your first line flashed me to the highway out of |
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:21 PM
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:21 PM
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3. 98 degrees. Oh, but global warming isn't a problem. |
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:28 PM
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7. It's hot in Texas, even in September. |
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The average high for Houston in Sept. is 89. Mid-to-upper 90s this time of year have always been pretty common.
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Thu Sep-22-05 05:38 PM
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14. I once made the mistake of going on vacation down there in August. |
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I thought I was going to die just walking from the rental car to the hotel.
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:23 PM
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4. FEMA should be working its ass off to get gas to the stuck cars |
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who can't move and will eventually stop all traffic from going at the snails pace it is going right now
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:45 PM
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9. ... and water, and ice packs |
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Some of those cars are packed with kids and elderly people -- and no AC.
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Thu Sep-22-05 05:13 PM
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12. The water and ice is sitting in a truckstop in MAINE. |
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At $800 a day.
Now THAT was a good decision! Whomever called that one deserves a medal of freedom!
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:24 PM
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5. Last night I was worried |
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that I made a mistake when I decided to stay and ride it out. Today, I am so thankful I am not in that mess on the highway.
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Thu Sep-22-05 07:54 PM
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My wife and I are feeling both lucky and proud we didn't give in to the panic.
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:05 PM
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17. took my brother-in-law 12 hours |
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He left Columbia last night for Dallas, had two dogs with him. My sister remained behind she is a nurse at Bayside Hospital. I hope she will be OK.
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:28 PM
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6. NO WAY! A Repug governor and president have assured us everything |
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is under control. :sarcasm:
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:45 PM
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8. You've got old people, sick people, pregnant women and little |
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kids out for 12 hours plus in 98 degree heat with no air conditioning unless the car is running, nowhere to go to the bathroom except the side of the road. Then you'll have people who are sleep-deprived, frustrated, dirty, hungry, worried and tired driving all night at high speeds once they get to a clear highway. This looks like another Republican cluster-fuck that will kill a lot of people. There was no plan, they just said to get in the car and go...
And 100+ TSA baggage screeners failed to show up for work at the airport today resulting in long lines and flight delays. Don't these folks work for HOMELAND SECURITY?
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Thu Sep-22-05 04:49 PM
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And it's been in the works since Monday, when evac should have started in an orderly way (planned ahead! *gasp*)
The gov says he's sending in tankers with gas, but how are they going to get to the cars now?
I have never been more miserable to say, "I told you so," but I've been telling people to leave NOW since Sunday. Including my sister's ex, who waited until SCHOOL WAS OUT on Wednesday to start out with his mother and my beloved nephew. D*mn him for an idiot. Like one f*cking day of school makes a diff. His office was closed, they should have left Tuesday nite. They have a place to go in Dallas. I called him Sunday nite and left a message TELLING him exactly how it would be. Pffft. Haven't heard from them, don't know where they are now. Arrrgh.
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Thu Sep-22-05 05:00 PM
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online, its already turning into a mess on the highway. and it IS hot. they showed folks UNDER bridges this time instead of on top of em like NOLA.
But every single person in charge saying 'all is well'...lather rinse repeat, lather rinse repeat....
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Thu Sep-22-05 05:34 PM
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Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 05:37 PM by jpak
only this time the looters will be...
I have been terrified that something like this would happen to the FL Panhandle - there was absolutely NO gasoline in Pensacola for nearly 2 weeks after Katrina (or gas cans for that matter).
If an evacuation had been ordered, I-65 N out of Pensacola and Mobile would have been a parking lot - rescue and recovery would be nearly impossible and people would surely die of heat-related causes (or in the storm itself).
My philosophy is this: if you are going to evacuate - do it early - 2 days before even the voluntary evacs are ordered - and have at least 2 tank-fulls worth of gas on hand, a week's worth of food and water and alternate travel routes out of harm's way...
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Thu Sep-22-05 08:00 PM
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they tell ppl to evac & they didn't even bother to contraflow until this afternoon
they laughed at we ignorant ppl in louisiana but you know what, when we evac'd we had damn contraflow working as did mississippi all the way to brookhaven mississippi
these fools had ppl in houston evac wed evening & thurs morning, w. no contraflow until thursday AFTERNOON
"i've been in traffic 9 hrs to go 28 miles w. 2 sheepdogs in 98 degrees weather"
a lot of ppl are going to die in this evac of blood clots, heat exhaustion, etc
and that's before the wind starts
one of my friends died evacuating for katrina & traffic was flowing, keeping such deaths to a minimum, mark my words, ppl are dying right now in this mess & you won't hear one word abt it unless you know the person
but we're told "all is well" & "we learned our lesson" on the teevee, they are going to lie & say the texas evac is working just great because it's a republican state
they have no shame
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