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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:20 PM Original message |
Houston Republican judge urged people to "hunker down", NOT evacuate |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was one of those that hunkered down. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I am glad you did too! |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Thanks for the hug, lov. :) |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Night hurricanes are the worst but if your place is safe |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. We've never had to leave home even when we had no light and |
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io-solip (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. And as it turns out, almost nobody died. The evacuation from Rita killed 200 people. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. He made a horrible call. People are in distress with no water, ice or food. |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. To be fair, here in FL they say... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why is a judge giving emergency instructions in the first place? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Good question. Sounds like on of them thar "activist judges"!!!1 |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Saw something about this at DKos today - apparently it's not actually a 'judge' in the usual sense. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Because he has jurisdiction and because it was only for a portion of the city. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's worth responding 24 hours late. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. When two million people don't have power |
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