Stupid fucking MDs, PhDs, RNs, and other goof-offs ..

[DemoTex]

My old friends in Houston. All are staying. Every one. Not one old friend that I called tonight is leaving. What am I to think? I read them the riot act. Did what I could. I'll settle in for the bad news and the October funerals. Stupid fucks.
Mac

[donco6]

1. I've been watching the news and the storm track keeps

shifting. Now it looks to hit Houston/Galveston again.

Hopefully, they'll be OK. What can you do?

[Joebert]

2. I asked some guys I work with in Houston.

They said the same thing.

One has several kids, and says these things are nothing. He's got food, and water, and says he'll be fine.

Meanwhile, my company closed the site yesterday telling all employees to get the hell out. They're paying every employee regular wages as if they showed up, etc.

And these guys are just going to ride it out.

How stubborn do you have to be? These are people with the means to leave, but won't.

In this day and age, how can somebody who is close to the coast, the one about to be smashed with a Cat4/5 hurricane, just stay home? People that live 45 minutes WEST of Houston are leaving, and these guys aren't.

Stupid!

[aquart]

4. Weren't the Darwin Awards invented for this?

Of course, they can't be awarded till after the storm.

[Joebert]

6. Darwin would be proud of one of these guys.

I started bringing up New Orleans, and he began his rant about how those people were stupid, they didn't fix their problems, and stuck their head in the sand.

I work with this guy, and actually replied "You shouldn't watch so much FoxNews."

If he lives, I'll probably get in trouble when he's back in the office long enough to whine about me to my boss.

Dumbass.

[likesmountains 52]

3. I'm just guessing (as an RN) that they'll try to stay someplace "safe" so

they will be there to help other folks who were not as fortunate...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. You know, I'm generally a wimp. However, I'm an RN and my

dedication to providing care to patients would overcome any wimpiness I might have.

My work is a calling, a vocation and if I am confronted with a patient in need, my first instinct would be to provide care without caring about my needs.

That's a trait you'll find in most of us. MKJ

[likesmountains 52]

12. I agree...I'd make sure my family was safe,...

and try to say behind to help...

[Texasgal]

17. From one RN to another

I completely agree with you.

I volunteered triage for Katrina victims here in Austin and I have already signed up for Rita too.

* In solidarity *

[Inland]

5. Medical personnel stay behind cuz they can't resist looting opportunities

They know where all the rich people live and where the drugs are kept.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

9. I would say the medical personnel who stayed behind in the hospitals

in NOLA were trying desperately to save the patients in their care.

I don't recall hearing anything about them looting. Must have missed that report. MKJ

[DBoon]

10. I think you forgot the sarcasm tag

some replies are taking your post seriously

[Inland]

15. Yeah, I never learned how to use the tags and such. But then again

the OP didn't use one either, and I was ten times more outrageous than that, and still got taken seriously.

[likesmountains 52]

11. ouch..hope you're not serious. n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. DemoTex, was it you who posted you were having 'TIA' type symtpoms

a while back? If so, did that work out okay?

[Ilsa]

13. Hmmm. I'm an RN and I don't feel compelled to take extra risks for

others, especially if they could have evac'ed and didn't. It isn't part of the job or the vocation, IMO. I would feel really badly for anyone who wanted to leave but couldn't.

I don't think they should stay unless they are part of a special diaster team, either formed by their employer or the Red Cross. By staying and not being a part of a team like this, I think they could end up being a user of resources, not a provider.

I'm staying where we are, but it was very early this morning when we got the news about Rita tracking further north. Our mandatory evac orders have been lifted.

[Rowdyboy]

14. If they're staying to man the hospitals, then I admire them...Otherwise...

Stupid fucks! I had friends in New Orleans right before a category 3 about 10 years ago who stayed rather than evacuate just for the hell of it. They dodged the bullet but it was a really stupid risk!

[Igel]

16. Think that they know the storm won't be cat. 5 or 4 when it

hits Houston, and that their houses/apartments can probably handle a category 3 or weak 4 storm with collapsing.

My wife left partly because she doesn't want to be without power and showers airconditioning for a week, and mostly because her mother was panicking. If so much as one refugee-ant bit our son, her mother would never forgive either of us.

Some areas will flood: for most of those areas, that means a maximum of 2-3 feet of water. For most other areas, less than a foot. Some low-lying areas will get more; they typically have a really good idea where they are. Otherwise, it's just damned inconvenient to stay, but at least the next day you can haul the wet carpet out and open the windows to start drying things out. Assuming we don't have another Allison: huge rainband sitting over top Houston dropping 20+ inches of rain. Then it's not the wind that's the problem at all.

They'll find a room with little chance of flying glass from broken windows. Wind typically produces few deaths (so they can run the odds, and they're good), and minor injuries (again, from flying debris).