WashingtoneBayer
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posted on September 21, 2005 02:13:07 PM new
Now category 5, if it turns east and slams New Orleans again; should we just abandon any rebuilding of that city?
Anyone staying in this path deserves whatever befalls them.
Ron
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dblfugger9
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posted on September 21, 2005 02:21:10 PM new
I hope no one gets hurt this time.
btw, I am really sick of "hurricane" news! It's like nothing else in the world is going on and every news outlet these media people are really engorge themselves in it. yeck! already!
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stopwhining
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posted on September 21, 2005 04:49:01 PM new
I am just outside Houston,and our Kroger shelves are empty,canned meat such as one serving SPAM,regular SPAM,lite SPAM,tuna,chicken are all gone,so are bottled water and can openers.
We may have to rebuild HOUSTON!!!!
-sig file -------
Eat grass,kick ass,never go belly up!
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chimpchamp
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posted on September 21, 2005 05:26:33 PM new
stopwhining, don't worry about what's not on your grocery selves.
Get out of there and go somewhere safe! You can bring back all the nonperishables and bottled water when you return.
Be Safe!
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zoomin
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posted on September 21, 2005 06:11:21 PM new
Pack your bags and hit the road!
Please get yourself and your loved ones someplace safe!
From Hurricane Central:
If there is any good news at this point, it is the fact that it is very difficult for a hurricane to maintain category 5 status for an lengthy period of time. Near-perfect to perfect atmospheric conditions are necessary for a category 5 hurricane to exist and these "perfect" conditions are first-difficult to come by and second-do not remain in place for a long period of time. So although Rita is currently a category 5 hurricane, fluctuations in intensity is likely. That being said, it is almost a certainty that Rita will make landfall as a large, intense, major hurricane with impacts extending well away from the center
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kraftdinner
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posted on September 21, 2005 07:27:39 PM new
Get lost, Stopwhining! 
Wow, long time no see, Zoomin! Hope you're doing a-ok. 
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kraftdinner
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posted on September 21, 2005 07:31:50 PM new
"Anyone staying in this path deserves whatever befalls them."
Heed children. Moses has spoken.
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Bear1949
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posted on September 21, 2005 08:05:06 PM new
Shelters have already been opened in Huntsville (20 miles N of me) and I 45 south bound into Galveston has been closed to allow both N & S bound lanes to be used for the evacuation.
A neighbors son & dil & gk's left Clear Lake (20 mi S of Houston) at 2:00 PM & traffic was so bad it took them til 8:00 PM to get up here.
I left here at noon & went into Huntsville for gas (down to a area low of $2.47 a gallon). Traffic heading north wasn't really heavy up there yet.
Spent the afternoon getting the generator fueled & ready & several drums of water filled.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
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desquirrel
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posted on September 21, 2005 09:11:47 PM new
Now Bear, I want you to promise us that in the event of a disaster, you won't start grabbing tvs or discharging weapons at police.
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on September 22, 2005 05:57:43 AM new
Sounds like your ready as can be Bear, best of luck with this storm.
Stopwhining, yep I would head north if you can.
Zoomin it would be nice to see if slow down, but if it turns east I don't think it will matter 
Ron
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dblfugger9
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posted on September 22, 2005 06:30:35 AM new
Stay Safe, Bear!
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zoomin
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posted on September 22, 2005 06:59:48 AM new
hi kraft! {{{hugs to you}}} All four kids are well ~ me & dh, too ~ thanks for asking! (totally exhausted from the twins! Two years old now and keeping us incredibly busy!)
I can't believe this thing is still a cat 5!
Looks like most are heeding the warnings and getting out.
Traffic is at about 2 miles an hour heading out so here's a question that's been making me crazy since yesterday afternoon:
Does anyone know why they aren't opening any of the southbound lanes to head north?
I don't get it.
tia
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fenix03
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posted on September 22, 2005 07:52:19 AM new
They had a congresswoman from he area on Fox earlier - apparently thats one of those red tape things. There is a time table for opening up those lanes in anticipation of a storm and apparently the "mandated" time has ot yet come. She said they were trying to get them open now. there also was a woman that called in from her car phone. She has been on the road for 6 hours and traveled 8 miles.
These people need to take a tip from the Tijuana citizens that worked in San Diego after 9/11. The traffic lines were so long that many left the cars behind and turned to bicycles. Nothing funnier than watching a grown man riding his 6 year olds pink banana seat bike to work.
I think I'm buying my parents motor scooters when they finally move into the house. Seems like they might be the most convenient way to get out of harms way in an evacuation. Easy to get thru traffic and great gas mileage.
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An intelligent deaf-mute is better than an ignorant person who can speak.
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on September 22, 2005 10:11:49 AM new
I just heard where they did finally open all lanes to the north.
Ron
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NearTheSea
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posted on September 22, 2005 10:36:23 AM new
God about time they opened all lanes! I was watching the news a lot of the day yesterday, and traffic jam for miles and miles, while the southbound was clear! I was thinking open the southbound lanes already!
Fenix seriously, that is a great idea! Scooters, motorcycles, would be perfect!
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zoomin
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posted on September 22, 2005 12:02:46 PM new
'bout time they got some of that traffic moving!
I didn't see any buses in the jam, anyone else?
hey fenix, how about an NEV?
(Golfcart ~ to use the horse and buggy term!)
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on September 22, 2005 12:19:38 PM new
I heard the jam was 100 miles long and also that drivers were in short supply
Ron
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fenix03
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posted on September 22, 2005 01:13:39 PM new
Zoomin - I love those things! - There is a company here in downtown San Diego that uses them as Cabs. Perfect for getting around betweeen the convention center, hotels and restaraunts (and the grocery store when you realize that you don't really want to carry 6 bags of groceries 12 blocks). They do good business during the day but at night the bike taxis own the market.
Problem is you can't manuvuer between cars in the NEVs
Re: Opening the traffic lanes: They had someone on today that explained the delay. Once they decide the distance of highway that is going to be diverted from south to northbound... you then have to set road blocks at every on-ramp in between so that people do not get on the road going in the wrong direction. Not a quick process.
Made perfect sense... why didn't any of us think of that? Good thing we are not in charge
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An intelligent deaf-mute is better than an ignorant person who can speak.
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Bear1949
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posted on September 22, 2005 02:48:38 PM new
Many of the service stations between Spring & Huntsville have run out of gasoline.
I got out this am to hook up my neighbors generator for him. While ther I remembered that although I had gassed up the truck yesterday, I didn't have gas for my generator.
So doing what any good neighbor would do, I liberated 25 gallons of gas from this same neighbor cache. I left him with about 165 gallons in his ready researve.
The local Kroger looks like it has already been looted. Most all the ready to eat canned goods are gone.
Glad I already had the freezed stocked. But if I run out of coffee, I'll have to visit my neighbor again and liberate 5 pounds from his 300 pound supply.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
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Linda_K
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posted on September 22, 2005 05:21:04 PM new
bear, family and stopwhining.....hoping you're NOT going to end up in the pathway of this monster. Take care.
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zoomin
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posted on September 22, 2005 05:25:44 PM new
thanks fenix ~ makes sense about the ramps ~ I guess I didn't think it would be so hard to leave the right lane as southbound and use the other three for north. Then I remembered that not all states use their highways the same. In Chicago, the left lane has on & off ramps. It was incredibly difficult for a NY driver to adjust ~ 'fast lane' merging with 30mph cars entering the highway! yikes!
When I was in Vegas, they had the greatest electric cars for rent ~ incredible paint jobs! I think they were from a company in San Diego. They were so cool! In Florida they are not legal on roads with a speed limit over 30.
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stopwhining
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posted on September 22, 2005 06:31:16 PM new
well,I went to Expedia.com and booked a ticket to Chicago for tomorrow afternoon ,leaving from George Bush Intl Airport .
This morning I decided to drive to the airport making sure i will be first to show up at the ticket counter tomorrow.
It took me an hour just to get on FM1093 which is just 1/4 mile outside our subdivision,yes,FM1093 which is better known as Westheimer rd in Houston has been changed to have all lanes going north.
At one point,we were bumper to bumper moving 2 miles an hour as we shared the same route with folks going to Austin .
Finally i arrived in the airport vincinity and all the nice hotels are taken and i found a cheap motel not too far on 59.
Then while waiting for my fried fish sandwich in a nearby diner,I overheard the airport will be closed tomorrow afternoon and all afternoon flights will be cancelled !!
So much for my whole day efforts inching my way to the airport,to save gas,I open all windows and shut down the air conditioner,to prepare for Chicago cool weather,i was wearing a cable sweater and long khaki pants?
Anyway,most gas stations have no gas and convenience stores are closed.
I have no choice but to return home,it is not a fortress but sure beats sitting in a motel in the middle of nowhere.
I am west of Houston,some of my neighbors have left,some are staying.
Those who left are somewhere between here and austin or dallas??
While sitting in the car,I listened to folks calling in saying they are running out of gas and they just want to turn around and go home.It is just a matter of time many of them will run out of gas,we have folks parking their cars on our streets in the subdivision as they have run out of gas.
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Eat grass,kick ass,never go belly up!
[ edited by stopwhining on Sep 22, 2005 06:47 PM ]
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cblev65252
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posted on September 22, 2005 07:11:33 PM new
Stop
I don't think a cable sweater would have been weather appropriate for Chicago. Here, at least, it was in the 80's today. Mid 70's tomorrow. Not sweater weather yet.
Hope everyone gets through this storm okay!
Cheryl
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on September 23, 2005 12:09:46 PM new
Some good news! Rita has dropped to Cat 3
Ron
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Bear1949
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posted on September 23, 2005 12:40:38 PM new
And it is still sunny outside & the winds are starting to pick up.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
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Bear1949
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posted on September 23, 2005 01:08:20 PM new
It now appears Rita will be making land fall in the Sabine Pass/Port Arthur area. Port Arthur has a series of levee's line NO separating it from the intercoastal waterway.
They are looking for 3 to 4 feet of water in Port Arthur.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=&city=Port%20Arthur&state=TX&zipcode=&country=US&title=%20Port%20Arthur%2c%20TX%20US&cid=lfmaplink2
And now the 9th ward levee has breeched again & NO is flooding again.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
[ edited by Bear1949 on Sep 23, 2005 01:10 PM ]
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carolinetyler
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posted on September 23, 2005 01:28:54 PM new
Stopwhining - I heard they were closing the airport because they didn't have enough personnel show up to get planes in and out. I'm sorry to hear about your aborted escape! Hope all is OK for both you and Bear and all others.
We are thinking about you!
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 Caroline
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stopwhining
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posted on September 23, 2005 03:32:10 PM new
yesterday the airport security staff did not show up for work,the folks who scanned you and your luggage at the airport!
They have to bring in staff from Dallas for today's flights.
yes,the airport is closed this afternoon as they dont have enough personnel to keep it running.
The George Bush Intl airport is a dangerous area to be when Rita comes calling!!
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Eat grass,kick ass,never go belly up!
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colin
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posted on September 23, 2005 05:45:11 PM new
Wishing you all wekll and my prayers are with ya'll
Amen,
Reverend Colin
http://www.reverendcolin.com
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Bear1949
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posted on September 25, 2005 06:42:36 PM new
We were lucky here. Winds not as high as expected. Lost some major sized tree limbs (those I expected to come down, did). And I was getting low on BBQ wood.
Funniest thing about it all is I lost power about 5:00 PM Friday, clear skies, no wind blowing.
Glad I had the generator ready, not expecting power to be on line for several more days.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
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