Just wow

[Forrestandjen07]

the people in galvestine texas were told to leave

if they did not, then they were told to WRITE THERE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER on there arm

Guess what?

after hereing a warrning like that 90,000.00 people chose to stay


WHAT???????????????

[dpomp]

Originally Posted by Forrestandjen07

the people in galvestine texas were told to leave

if they did not, then they were told to WRITE THERE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER on there arm

Guess what?

after hereing a warrning like that 90,000.00 people chose to stay


WHAT???????????????

they'll also be the ones crying after this is all said and done.

[Wingman1977]

Looks like the planet is going to be 90,000 people lighter.

[Forrestandjen07]

its the dumbest thing i ever herd

they said if staying you face almost certain death

people decide to stay

they said why is becuase they dont want to sit iin dead lock trafic incase its a near miss

UM do these people not have tv or internet in texas?

i dont care if it is a near miss, id rather sit in a car for 20 minutes than die from a hurricane

[NJ_RAMS_FAN]

Originally Posted by Forrestandjen07

its the dumbest thing i ever herd

they said if staying you face almost certain death

people decide to stay

they said why is becuase they dont want to sit iin dead lock trafic incase its a near miss

UM do these people not have tv or internet in texas?

i dont care if it is a near miss, id rather sit in a car for 20 minutes than die from a hurricane

yes, there's no way i would stay there after they said "face almost certain death"..people are brave.. and that's not good. people dont need to be brave. mother nature shouldn't be mess with.

[Wingman1977]

How soon they forget about what Katrina did to New Orleans.

[Forrestandjen07]

Originally Posted by Wingman1977

How soon they forget about what Katrina did to New Orleans.

yup

3 people are traped on a roof now

they showed showed a couple standing on the side of a road that waves were hurtiling over it, watching the storm come in

[Blu-Malibu2009]

There aren't even 90,000 people in Galveston. The population there is around 60,000. You probably misheard and they said 9,000. That's still a shitload of people sticking around. Hurricane Rita was a nightmare evacuation. Probably the worst-handled evacuation in history. 5 million people all trying to leave at the same time. My parents live in Baytown and they evacuated to my aunt's house in Pasadena. That's around 20 minutes further inland. Cedar Bayou (feeds into Galveston Bay) is around a 2 minute drive right down the street from my parents' house. The Houston Ship Channel runs right by Baytown as well. My grandma is also in Pasadena with them. She lives in League City, which is further south, right by Seabrook. Seabrook is already under water, like Galveston. I don't know why ANYONE would stay in areas that are right on the water. The storm surge is going to be 20 feet or worse. That's incredibly dangerous. But Rita frustrated the hell out of people. More people died because of the evacuation than because of the storm. But that one veered off at the last second and hit western Louisiana. I think people are expecting another "boy cried wolf" scenario, but it's not going to happen this time. It's too close to land already and it's very clearly going to hit somewhere around Galveston (meaning Baytown will get the worst of the storm surge since it's to the northeast of Galveston )

[jw]

Originally Posted by TTUBatfan2008

There aren't even 90,000 people in Galveston. The population there is around 60,000. You probably misheard and they said 9,000. That's still a shitload of people sticking around. Hurricane Rita was a nightmare evacuation. Probably the worst-handled evacuation in history. 5 million people all trying to leave at the same time. My parents live in Baytown and they evacuated to my aunt's house in Pasadena. That's around 20 minutes further inland. Cedar Bayou (feeds into Galveston Bay) is around a 2 minute drive right down the street from my parents' house. The Houston Ship Channel runs right by Baytown as well. My grandma is also in Pasadena with them. She lives in League City, which is further south, right by Seabrook. Seabrook is already under water, like Galveston. I don't know why ANYONE would stay in areas that are right on the water. The storm surge is going to be 20 feet or worse. That's incredibly dangerous. But Rita frustrated the hell out of people. More people died because of the evacuation than because of the storm. But that one veered off at the last second and hit western Louisiana.

Good catch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas

[BoschRock]

Well, you wouldn't catch me there.

[Forrestandjen07]

yea i miss herd galvistan, but they defantly said 90,000.00 people

[Blu-Malibu2009]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Good catch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas

What's crazy is I was just in Galveston over Labor Day weekend with my parents, eating at a nice Italian restaurant on the Seawall. And now that restaurant and pretty much everything in that city is about to get destroyed.

[Forrestandjen07]

hooters is heavily damaged

[Blu-Malibu2009]

Originally Posted by Forrestandjen07

hooters is heavily damaged

That might be Hooters at Seabrook. There's one right on Highway 146 in Seabrook.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by Forrestandjen07

yup

3 people are traped on a roof now

they showed showed a couple standing on the side of a road that waves were hurtiling over it, watching the storm come in

I guess you're looking at 3 dead people. Sorry to sound cruel but they were warned that if they stay, they are most likely dead. Guess as in many instances in life, they have to learn things the hard way and this lesson might as well cost them thier life.

[Forrestandjen07]

Originally Posted by Wingman1977

I guess you're looking at 3 dead people. Sorry to sound cruel but they were warned that if they stay, they are most likely dead. Guess as in many instances in life, they have to learn things the hard way and this lesson might as well cost them thier life.

i feel the same way

you were warned of certain death, and if you chose to stay becuase you didnt want to be in dead lock trafic for alittle while,well, Good luck too you

[Blu-Malibu2009]

One thing I can say right now to everyone across the country. Get gas right now before the prices spike. Because it WILL happen. The biggest Exxon refinery in the U.S. is located in Baytown and there are a SHITLOAD of refineries in the Houston area. Every one of them is going to get shut down by this storm. So if your car is low on fuel, get it now before the price goes off the charts.

[Forrestandjen07]

Originally Posted by TTUBatfan2008

One thing I can say right now to everyone across the country. Get gas right now before the prices spike. Because it WILL happen. The biggest Exxon refinery in the U.S. is located in Baytown and there are a SHITLOAD of refineries in the Houston area. Every one of them is going to get shut down by this storm. So if your car is low on fuel, get it now before the price goes off the charts.

yea they said it could almost triple

it shot up about 22 cents today here

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by TTUBatfan2008

One thing I can say right now to everyone across the country. Get gas right now before the prices spike. Because it WILL happen. The biggest Exxon refinery in the U.S. is located in Baytown and there are a SHITLOAD of refineries in the Houston area. Every one of them is going to get shut down by this storm. So if your car is low on fuel, get it now before the price goes off the charts.

I heard about that on the news yesterday or today. Boy, I've never been happier that I don't drive (or don't have to).

[Blu-Malibu2009]

Originally Posted by Forrestandjen07

yea they said it could almost triple

it shot up about 22 cents today here

Yep, the wholesale price was already over $5 as of Friday morning. Power is going to be out for a day or two at those refineries in the Houston area. That's just going to drive the prices higher.